unjustifiablyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈdʒʌstᵻfʌɪəbli/, /ˌʌndʒʌstᵻˈfʌɪəbli/, U.S. /ˌənˌdʒəstəˈfaɪəbli/, /ˌənˈdʒəstəˌfaɪəbli/ In a manner or to an extent that cannot be justified; without justification.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] > in unwarranted or unjustifiable manner
wrongouslya1300
sacklesslya1400
violently1443
unwarrantably1634
unjustifiably1651
uninvitedly1669
indefensibly1776
unfoundedly1820
1651 J. Drew Northern Subscribers Plea Vindicated 13 That the Powers in being over any people, are Gods Ordinance, though they may be..both attained unto, as to mans agency, and sustained unjustifiably.
1758 T. Secker Serm. 5 Nov. (1771) 355 Censuring the legal Constitution of any Government, because they, who rebel against it, behave unjustifiably.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 116 That part of Florida which they had cruelly and unjustifiably seized three years before.
1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall II. iii. 71 That liberty of which they have been most unjustifiably deprived.
1883 J. Ruskin in Westm. Gaz. 8 Aug. My friends flatter me unkindly and unjustifiably.
1942 D. Gilbert Lost Chords 94 She would crack down upon him with all the force of a woman unjustifiably scorned.
2010 Times 16 Apr. 75/5 Pay packages of chief executives in the public sector are unjustifiably high.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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