Unwarranted

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unwarranted \Unwarranted\
     See {warranted}.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unwarranted \Un*war"rant*ed\, a.


     Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty;
     unwarrantable.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unwarranted
       adj 1: incapable of being justified or explained [syn: {indefensible},
               {insupportable}, {unjustifiable}, {unwarrantable}]
       2: without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the
          allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded
          suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" [syn: {baseless}, {groundless},
           {idle}, {unfounded}]
       3: lacking justification or authorization; "unreasonable
          searches and seizures"; "desire for undue private profit";
          "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom" [syn: {undue},
           {unjustified}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  118 Moby Thesaurus words for "unwarranted":
     actionable, against the law, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic,
     apocryphal, baseless, black-market, bootleg, bottomless,
     chargeable, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, cutthroat,
     empty, exacting, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant,
     fancy, felonious, flawed, gouging, gratuitous, grossly overpriced,
     groundless, idle, ill-founded, illegal, illegitimate, illicit,
     immoderate, impermissible, improper, indefensible, inexcusable,
     inflationary, inordinate, intemperate, irregular, justiciable,
     lawless, nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, nonmeritorious,
     nonofficial, not coming, not outstanding, out of bounds,
     out of sight, outlaw, outlawed, outrageous, overpriced,
     preposterous, prohibitive, punishable, skyrocketing, spiraling,
     triable, unallowed, unasked, unattested, unauthentic,
     unauthenticated, unauthoritative, unauthorized, unbased,
     uncalled-for, uncertified, unchecked, unconfirmed, unconscionable,
     unconstitutional, uncorroborated, undemonstrated,
     under-the-counter, under-the-table, undeserved, undeserving, undue,
     unearned, unentitled, unfair, unfounded, ungrounded, unjust,
     unjustifiable, unjustified, unlawful, unmerited, unmeriting,
     unnecessary, unofficial, unowed, unowing, unproved, unreasonable,
     unrestrained, unstatutory, unsupportable, unsupported,
     unsustainable, unsustained, untempered, untenable, unvalidated,
     unverified, unwarrantable, unworthy, usurious, vain, without basis,
     without foundation, wrongful