unwarranted

unwarranted

English

Etymology

un- +‎ warranted

Adjective

unwarranted (comparative more unwarranted, superlative most unwarranted)

1. Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.
2. Unjustified, inappropriate or undeserved.
   • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎, page 312:

     The dictionaries themselves cover this additional lexis in what can best be described as a piecemeal fashion, with an obvious but unwarranted bias towards colonial era lexis.

Related terms

• unwarrantability
• unwarrantable
• unwarrantableness
• unwarrantably
• unwarrantedly

Translations

being without warrant, authority or guaranty

German: unberechtigt, unbefugt (de) Icelandic: ástæðulaus (is) m, óréttmætur m, óréttmætur m, óréttlætanlegur m, óafsakanlegur m

Swedish: otillbörlig (sv), orättmätig (sv), oskälig (sv)

unjustified

Italian: ingiustificato (it) m, immotivato (it) m German: ungerechtfertigt, unbegründet (de) Norwegian: Bokmål: utilbørlig (no), upassende (no)

See also

• warrantless

References

• unwarranted in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• unwarranted in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.