unwarranted
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Fed Governor Michelle Bowman said reacting to temporary energy-price inflation would add unwarranted policy restraint.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
He added that the decision to wait for it to conclude "tacks on five or six years or more", describing it as "an unwarranted delay".
From BBC • May 19, 2026
But the Goldman analysts say the multiple compression is unwarranted because earnings estimates have been stable.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Many scholars question the fairness of vicarious liability in criminal cases, viewing it as an unwarranted exception to the general rule that criminal responsibility must be personal.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026
From Merle Tuve at the Carnegie Institution came a sharply worded warning to his boyhood friend “Ernie” about his tendency to jump to unwarranted conclusions before all the facts were in.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing unwarranted
The Devil's Arithmetic
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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