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
Federal officials considered the matter in 1983 and 1991 but found that a national listing was not warranted.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 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
In it they counsel Friends to refuse obedience to whatever "instructions or ordinances" may be published, not warranted by "that happy constitution under which they and others long enjoyed tranquillity and peace."
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel
