How to Use unjustified in a Sentence

unjustified

adjective
  • The preseason hype has proven unjustified, but may yet pan out down the line.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Shearing argues that some of the gloom and doom is unjustified.
    — Charles Riley, CNN, 14 Aug. 2019
  • There is no reason to think that those concerns are unjustified.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 30 July 2021
  • And the utility has no right and should have no right to claw those savings back in the form of unjustified charges.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Democrats have criticized the strike to kill Soleimani as risky and unjustified.
    — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Saw my brothers die, saw civilians being caught in the crossfire all for an unjustified war.
    — Tara Suter, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Use-of-force experts said the shooting appeared to be unjustified.
    — Russ Bynum and Jim Mustian, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2024
  • In two cases, judges ruled that Koester made unjustified arrests.
    — Sarah Metz, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Raja, 40, was charged two years ago after a grand jury found the use of force was unjustified.
    — Marc Freeman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 21 June 2018
  • In some cases, actions of the British armed forces have been described as unjustified.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The President can't abuse his power to wage an unjustified trade war that will drive up prices and put jobs on the line.
    — Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
  • And if other women are afraid, Roiphe implies, maybe that fear is unjustified.
    — Anna North, Vox, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Of those who were polled, 52 percent found the criminal charges to be unjustified.
    — Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 23 Oct. 2025
  • My friend died an honorable death in that duel, and the Shogun was not unjustified in her conduct.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 31 May 2021
  • In this context, the Hall snub is a fitting—if unjustified—rebuke.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The desire of some jurisdictions to leave a state, or of a state to leave the Union, is unjustified.
    — Miles Smith Iv, National Review, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The seriousness with which the warnings were taken did not seem unjustified in this area.
    — Washington Post, 4 May 2021
  • Ward's mother, Eboni West, said the video shows the shooting was unjustified.
    — Fox News, 23 Apr. 2018
  • But even in this limited scope, Bharat Biotech’s prices seem unjustified.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 10 June 2021
  • The company’s lawyer said the decision was a shock and unjustified.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2020
  • That’s not to say that every legal challenge that the president faces is unjustified.
    — ABC News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Merritt said the videos show an unjustified use of force because the officers were not in imminent threat of death.
    — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 14 June 2022
  • All of the people mentioned had been killed by police in cases involving unjustified use of force.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Cheryl Dorsey agreed that McBride’s latter shots were unjustified.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The suit claims Jaehnen used excessive and unjustified deadly force in the shooting.
    — Michael Brown, Cincinnati.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • His research found that perceptions of unjustified force used against peaceful protesters would lead to more protests — and with them, more use of force.
    — Tyler J. Davis, USA TODAY, 24 June 2020
  • The senators, who are poised to leave for a two-week recess, argued Brown’s removal was unjustified.
    — Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
  • India—the world's fourth largest economy—called the tariffs unjustified.
    — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Prosecutors called the stabbing an unjustified attack and not a case of self-defense.
    — ABC News, 9 June 2026
  • The problem is that this confidence is largely unjustified.
    — James Hadley, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

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