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单词 unwarranted
释义
unwarranted
adjective
formal
uk
/ʌnˈwɒr.ən.tɪd/us
/ʌnˈwɔːr.ən.t̬ɪd/
not having a goodreasonandthereforeannoyingorunfair:
不合理的；不适当的
People need to beprotectedagainst such unwarrantedintrusionsintotheirprivatelivesbyjournalists.人们的私生活需要受到保护，免受新闻记者的无理侵犯。
Synonyms
baselessformal
groundless
unfounded
unjustifiable
unjustifieddisapproving
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(Definition ofunwarrantedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unwarranted| American Dictionary

unwarranted
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ʌnˈwɑr·ən·tɪd,-ˈwɔr-/
lackinga goodreason;unnecessary:
Theydenouncedtheinvestigationas an unwarrantedinterferencewiththeirbusiness.
(Definition ofunwarrantedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunwarranted

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Yet both conclusions are mistaken, because both inferences areunwarranted.
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Such a conclusion was entirelyunwarranted; the blubber could have come from a whaling ship or from a whale dead from natural causes.
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Central bankers now viewed political pressure asunwarrantedinterference into the central bank's legal and moral prerogative to conduct independent monetary policy.
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Admittedly, if it were literally impossible for a person to conform his behavior to the law, one might feel punishment wasunwarranted.
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Moreover, the absence of crucial statistical evidence, such as significance tests, may lead tounwarrantedinterpretations, with unfortunate consequences.
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However, he rejects the position that science is the sole arbiter of the real, calling it a form of 'unwarrantedreductionism ' (p. 90).
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Moreover, it isunwarrantedto assume that the significance of a putatively foundational practice is simply its nonlegal content.
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On the other hand, the common suggestion that scanning across images is something that people are generally constrained to do when imaging, isunwarranted.
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The first is that the assumption isunwarrantedin the absence of an adequate and robust taxonomy of implicatures.
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Firstly, it is clear that the explanatory power given to the notion of the separation of the home and workplace isunwarranted.
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His application of those values is somewhat more problematic, as many of his applications require assumptions that appear to beunwarranted.
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Nevertheless, the rejection of psychosocial influences wasunwarranted.
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The conclusion that reflectances figure in representational content is stillunwarranted.
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Unfortunately, this optimistic picture is at least premature, and probablyunwarranted.
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My purpose in this paper is to argue that these presuppositions areunwarranted.
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