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unwarranted

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore U words

not justified or authorized

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Unwarranted in a sentence

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Her fears of failure proved entirely unwarranted.

Synonyms
unjustifiedgroundlessuncalled-for
Antonyms
justifiedwarrantedmerited

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Unwarranted (adjective) means not justified or authorized
Here is unwarranted used in an example sentence: "Her fears of failure proved entirely unwarranted."
Common synonyms for unwarranted include unjustified, groundless, uncalled-for.
Antonyms of unwarranted include justified, warranted, merited.
Unwarranted is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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