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unjustifiably

ADVERB
without basis
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Antonyms
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excusably justifiably


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For a stock to have been unjustifiably punished, it must have seen improving earnings estimates over the past three months and a lagging stock price.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

When Mr. Sveen says wolves “ruined” 40 lambs in one night, we assume he means they were left dead and uneaten and this enrages him, not unjustifiably.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

He added: "I am acutely aware that confidence is not necessarily a measure of competence, some unjustifiably lack confidence yet others have more confidence than their ability justifies."

From BBC Nov. 8, 2025

Besides his bearish opinion on tech, given his stance on inflation and unsustainable deficits, he also doesn’t like bonds and thinks credit spreads are unjustifiably tight given the deteriorating economic outlook.

From MarketWatch Oct. 29, 2025

Several other similarly dramatic adventures follow in his history, the last of which landed him, wholly unjustifiably, in prison for ten years.

From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Bernard Glueck




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