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unjustifiably

ADVERB
without basis
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Antonyms
WEAK
excusably justifiably


Example Sentences

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For a stock to have been unjustifiably punished, it must have seen improving earnings estimates over the past three months and a lagging stock price.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

In a statement, Oschadbank said the employees "were unjustifiably detained in Hungary" and that GPS data showed their vehicles in Budapest.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

But a big part of that discount might be because of a mirage created by accounting rules which reduces Salesforce’s near-term earnings unjustifiably, Nygren says.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

When Mr. Sveen says wolves “ruined” 40 lambs in one night, we assume he means they were left dead and uneaten and this enrages him, not unjustifiably.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

The goal would be unjustifiably obscured, and the aspiration of the membership stunted, through the enshrining of a false and inferior goal—a literary Golden Calf.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)