not warranted

Example Sentences

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"I don’t understand this – it doesn’t make any sense - it's not warranted and not needed," Mr Nicholl said.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

But prosecutors said in the filing that sending him to prison for the rest of his life was not warranted, despite the severity of his crime, because of his relative youth.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

“Given the absence of an identified safety defect based on available information and FCA’s customer satisfaction campaign which addresses the failure mode, further action is not warranted at this time,” the agency wrote.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

I know it’s not warranted —we’re in different places creatively and professionally, we have different demands on our time and personal lives, and I’m not feeling the same drive they are, etc.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2023

The words "solutions" and "salts" convey a chemical significance not warranted by the state of knowledge in Agricola's time.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius