Unwarrantable
[,ʌn'wɒrәntәbl]
Definition
(a.) Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Indefensible, unjustifiable.
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Definition
adj. not warrantable or justifiable: improper.—ns. Unwarrantabil′ity Unwarr′antableness.—adv. Unwarr′antably in an unwarrantable manner: improperly.—adj. Unwarr′anted without warrant or authorisation: not guaranteed as to quality &c.—adv. Unwarr′antedly.
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Examples
- Worse even than that, I took an unwarrantable advantage of my position. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Seeing that individual differences of the same kind perpetually recur, this can hardly be considered as an unwarrantable assumption. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This is unwarrantable conduct, sir, said the stranger, and I must call the box-keeper, if you hinder my whole party from witnessing the performance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I suppose that Dr. Trevelyan has told you of this most unwarrantable intrusion into my rooms. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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