not warranted
Example Sentences
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Shiny object syndrome helps explain why the current U.S. nuclear fleet of 96 operating reactors includes more than 50 different commercial reactor designs, an excessive degree of diversification not warranted by national-security concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Porter’s family and advocates have argued that force was not warranted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
"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
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 Moncure Daniel Conway
