not warranted

Example Sentences

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"I don’t understand this – it doesn’t make any sense - it's not warranted and not needed," Mr Nicholl said.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

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

“Though his actions were ultimately not warranted, we do believe he felt his life was in immediate peril and his response was based off the totality of circumstances surrounding this fear,” Aden said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

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

We see that the successes often arrive when they are not warranted by anything that was done to win them, and for the want of any rational explanation we call it "good luck."

From Elementary Theosophy by Rogers, L. W. (Louis William)