Unwarranted Meaning

/əˈnwɔrəntɪd/
C1

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adjNot warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.

adjUnjustified, inappropriate or undeserved.

I feel resentment against your unwarranted criticism.
Your concern is unwarranted.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The police officer's ____ search of my bag had no legal basis at all.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager's criticism was seen as ____, as the team had worked very hard to finish the work on time today.

Etymology tree English un- English warranted English unwarranted From un- + warranted.

"The attack was so unwarranted and delivered with such venom that his unpreparedness for it left him speechless." — 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 62:
"The dictionaries themselves cover this additional lexis in what can best be described as a piecemeal fashion, with an obvious but unwarranted bias towards colonial era lexis." — 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 312:
"This strike action by the RMT is completely unwarranted and unjustified." — 2021 September 22, “Network News: Union threatens to escalate Class 360s dispute with EMR”, in RAIL, number 940, page 23:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The police officer's ____ search of my bag had no legal basis at all.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager's criticism was seen as ____, as the team had worked very hard to finish the work on time today.

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