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unˈwarranted, ppl. a. (un-1 8.) Also, in recent use (1891–), unwarrantedly adv.
1577tr. Bullinger's Decades 416 It doth sharpely rebuke..him, for his unwarranted rashenesse. 1587Norton's Calvin's Inst. iv. 490 margin, Extreame annointing [is] a forcelesse and vnwarranted ceremonie. 1633Hart Diet of Diseased Introd. 8 Ignorant and unwarranted Physitians. 1651Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 116 The Assembly cannot Represent any man in things unwarranted by their Letters. 1748W. Melmoth Fitzosborne Lett. xlix. (1749) II. 36 Every eminent writer, without indulging any unwarranted licences, has a language which he derives from himself. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. v. 216 The Directors..condemned..the rapacious and unwarranted proceedings of their servants. 1862Lytton Str. Story II. 50, I should be utterly unwarranted in supposing that..they were insane. |