unjustified
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The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, which found the killing of 13 civil rights protesters in Northern Ireland by British soldiers was "unjustified", took 12 years to complete and cost more than £190m.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Carob Trust Prize for Academic Courage will honor social scientists who face unjustified attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Shifting wildfire costs to local governments is unjustified when utilities continue to generate significant profits and return billions to shareholders,” the association said in a brief recently sent to lawmakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The EU previously said that it considers tariffs imposed on these grounds "unjustified."
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Under the conditions prevailing it provides mere paper security and promotes a completely unjustified impression that safe limits have been established and are being adhered to.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing unjustified
John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "U"
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Korematsu v. United States (1944)
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