unjustified

Example Sentences

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Cotton called his actions “excessive” and “unjustified,” and found him guilty on all three of the misdemeanor charges prosecutors had brought against him.

From Washington Post

"It is false that the fundamental rights of citizens are put at risk, as well as the organization of the elections ... so it is an unjustified and unnecessary resolution," the government said.

From Reuters

In a speech last May at the Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, he said it was “the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq, I mean, Ukraine.”

From Los Angeles Times

“And the longer these crazy losses — unjustified in the opinion of lower- and middle-rank soldiers — go on, the lower the morale of the Russian army will be at the time of our counteroffensive.”

From New York Times

But Bush then made a rather profound gaffe, publicly bemoaning “the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq.”

From Washington Post