unwarranted

adjective
🔊/ʌnˈwɒrəntɪd/
🔊/ʌnˈwɔːrəntɪd/
(formal)
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  1. not reasonable or necessary; not appropriate不合理的;不必要的;无正当理由的;不适当的 synonym unjustified
    • Much of the criticism was totally unwarranted.这种批评基本上是毫无道理的。🔊🔊
    • They condemned the new law as an unwarranted intrusion into people’s private lives.他们谴责新法律是对人民私生活的无理干预。
    Extra Examples
    • a wholly unwarranted smear campaign完全无中生有的诽谤风潮
    • The new law constitutes an unwarranted intrusion into people's privacy.新法律对人们的隐私权构成了无理的侵犯。
    • They could not be convinced that their fears were unwarranted.他们不能说服自己的恐惧是没有根据的。
    • This is a case of unwarranted interference in the internal affairs of another country.这是无理干涉另一国内政的情况。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    adverb
    • completely
    • quite
    • totally
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