UNCONSTITUTIONAL Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

unconstitutional

adjective

Definition of unconstitutional

as in unjust

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Recent Examples of unconstitutional The Supreme Court must decide whether Colorado’s requirement that participating preschools comply with nondiscrimination rules is simply a neutral condition on receiving state funding, or an unconstitutional burden on religious exercise. — Preston Green Iii, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026 His agency is currently pursuing a highly unusual challenge of ABC’s local station licenses, a move Disney is challenging in court as unconstitutional retaliation. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 But in 2025, Congress eliminated that tax — and in early August, a federal judge in Texas ruled that without it, those other measures for extra vetting were unconstitutional, the Idaho Statesman reported at the time. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2026 The 2-1 decision rejected Anthropic's argument that the Department of Defense's ban on its Claude models was arbitrary, unauthorized and unconstitutional. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unconstitutional

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And though some Palestinians were justly fighting to end the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and to create an independent state, others were waging an unjust war to destroy Israel altogether.

— Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
The fourth possibility is that Cold War II will end an unjust peace.

— David Gibson, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of unjust

Adjective

The police spokesperson said Perez was taken into custody without incident and charged with menacing and criminal possession of a weapon.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
The leader of one of Haiti’s most powerful criminal organizations said the Salvadorans were killed in territory controlled by Chen Mechan, an allied gang.

— Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of criminal

Adjective

In 2024, its football program acknowledged impermissible recruiting contacts during the COVID-19 recruiting dead period, improper tryouts and unauthorized coaching by noncoaching staff.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
In 2025, the Colorado Supreme Court rejected the companies’ argument, holding that the lawsuit is a valid legal challenge regarding public deception and local costs, rather than an impermissible attempt to regulate federal emissions.

— Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of impermissible

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Two minors were victims On March 9, a 12-person jury found the brothers guilty on all 10 counts, some of which applied to multiple brothers, and some were individual charges.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Ford agreed to plead guilty to a single misdemeanor tax count in exchange for federal prosecutors dropping all 17 felony charges.

— Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of guilty

Adjective

Fortunately, transparency logs account for much of that failure, but this measure requires parties to actively monitor massive feeds and works only after unauthorized certificates have been issued.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Police also reported no evidence of unauthorized access to department systems or compromised police data.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of unauthorized

Adjective

Convince people that an innocent person represents an existential threat, furnish them with a frightening conspiracy theory about an immoral enemy, and some may become willing to kill.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
In those cases, your cause is so just that you are warranted to be immoral in protecting it.

— Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of immoral

Adjective

Their alternating stories portray a Europe that exploits gifted children, while rigid class and gender expectations leave both protagonists struggling to pursue forbidden ambitions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
As a forbidden attraction grows between the two men, tragedy unleashes supernatural forces upon their deeply religious community.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of forbidden

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Runa’s incarceration – and death months after her release – is now the subject of a lawsuit brought by her mother against Hyogo Prefectural Police alleging unlawful arrest and detention.

— Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Last month, the seizure was ruled unlawful by the California Supreme Court.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of unlawful

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