not warranted

Example Sentences

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But prosecutors said in the filing that sending him to prison for the rest of his life was not warranted, despite the severity of his crime, because of his relative youth.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Federal officials considered the matter in 1983 and 1991 but found that a national listing was not warranted.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Chinese celebrities have also joined the social media discussion, saying the crackdown across the country was not warranted by the initial attack, terrible though it was.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2023

I know it’s not warranted —we’re in different places creatively and professionally, we have different demands on our time and personal lives, and I’m not feeling the same drive they are, etc.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2023

Was any such evidence offered in the argument at the Bar of the House of Lords, of persons who had suffered either a kind or a degree of punishment not warranted by law?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various