unjustified

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not supported by an adequate reason or sufficient evidence; unwarranted

   The available evidence made such a confident conclusion unjustified.

2. 2
   adj

   not authorized or permitted by a rule or authority

   The audit identified several unjustified expenses on the account.

3. 3
   adj

   of printed text, aligned at only one margin rather than spaced to align at both margins

   The designer left the right edge of the paragraph unjustified for easier reading.

Formed from un- ("not") + justified, the past participle of justify. Justify came through Old French justifier from Latin iustificare ("to make just"), combining iustus ("just") with facere ("to make").

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