Meaning

2 senses
  1. Not justified, having no justification, unwarranted.

    Near-synonym: unjustifiable

    the unjustified killing of an innocent

    unbegründet, ungerechtfertigt

    неопра́вданныйneoprávdannyj

    неви́правданийnevýpravdanyj

    lacking justification or authorization

  2. Not justified (of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned)

    unjustified text in a wordprocessor

Examples

4 sentences
  1. It's not unjustified, given the circumstances.

    ruУчитывая обстоятельства, это не так уж неоправданно.

    deAngesichts der Umstände ist das nicht ungerechtfertigt.

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  2. Tom felt that the criticism levelled against him was unjustified.

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  3. The government's response to the protests has been thoroughly unjustified.

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  4. He took the accusations to heart, even though they were unjustified.

    deEr nahm sich die Vorwürfe sehr zu Herzen, obwohl sie unberechtigt waren.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
unwarranted:
Русский
By meaning 1
unwarranted:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unwarranted:

Origin

From un- + justified.

From un- + justified.

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Forms

more unjustified, most unjustified
Comparativemore unjustified Lesson
Superlativemost unjustified Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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