uncalled-for

Outside of the uncalled-for bullying, Jessel's sarcastic delivery, her eccentric fashions and her seemingly connected status in the New York fashion scene have really cemented her as a star in the making.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2023

Better, but still bad: a $37 crabcake, mushy in some places and dry in others, with muddy-tasting crab lumps and an intermittent, uncalled-for spicy heat.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2022

It sounds like a deliberate and uncalled-for put-down.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2018

As far as lesser triumphs go, he beat an ethics investigation into himself; and this year he staged some wholly uncalled-for “The Best” awards twice inside nine months.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2017

Any other thing a person might eat—a banana, an egg, the bean called mangwansi, a piece of fire-blackened antelope flesh—was just the opposite, and its consumption was seen as a remarkable, possibly uncalled-for occasion.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

He has said the city government has "grave concerns" about any deployment of troops, labelling the president's approach as "uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound".

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025

“The problem with the President’s approach is that it is uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound,” he shared.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2025

“It was brutal, it was uncalled for, it was unjustified,” Gage said, adding that he intended to file a governmental claim against the city, the precursor to a lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

“I definitely think it was uncalled for, but I mean, it’s a rivalry game so I kind of expected it,” UNC guard RJ Davis said with a smile.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024

In other people’s presence I was, as formerly, deferential and quiet; any other line of conduct being uncalled for: it was only in the evening conferences I thus thwarted and afflicted him.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë