Usually means: Not justified or supported by evidence.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word Unwarranted:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. unwarranted: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. unwarranted: Merriam-Webster
  3. unwarranted: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. unwarranted: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. unwarranted: Collins English Dictionary
  6. unwarranted: Vocabulary.com
  7. Unwarranted, unwarranted: Wordnik
  8. unwarranted: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. unwarranted: Wiktionary
  10. unwarranted: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. unwarranted: Dictionary.com
  12. unwarranted: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. unwarranted: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Unwarranted: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. unwarranted: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. unwarranted: Rhymezone
  17. Unwarranted: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. unwarranted: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. unwarranted: FreeDictionary.org
  20. unwarranted: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. unwarranted: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. unwarranted: Legal dictionary

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  1. unwarranted: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (unwarranted)

▸ adjective:  Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.
▸ adjective:  Unjustified, inappropriate or undeserved.

Similar:
unjustified, groundless, unfounded, baseless, unwarrantable, unreasonable, unjustifiable, insupportable, indefensible, inexcusable, more...

Opposite:
justified, warranted, valid, reasonable

Types:
ad hominem, red herring, ad populum, slippery slope, false dilemma, circular argument, more...

Phrases:
behave in an unwarranted manner, unwarranted arousal of emotions, more...
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Similar:
unjustified, groundless, unfounded, baseless, unwarrantable, unreasonable, unjustifiable, insupportable, indefensible, inexcusable, more...

Opposite:
justified, warranted, valid, reasonable

Types:
ad hominem, red herring, ad populum, slippery slope, false dilemma, circular argument, more...

Phrases:
behave in an unwarranted manner, unwarranted arousal of emotions, more...



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