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Literary notes about unwarranted (AI summary)

The term "unwarranted" is frequently deployed in literature to denote actions, assumptions, or criticisms that lack proper justification or evidence. It often appears in contexts where authors wish to emphasize that a claim or behavior is excessive, baseless, or unjustly imposed. For instance, an exaggerated statement is dismissed as entirely unfounded [1], while a political maneuver or legal action might be critiqued as being pursued without proper cause [2, 3]. In interpersonal and narrative contexts, authors use the word to highlight intrusions or assumptions that are considered both unnecessary and unfair—ranging from meddling in private affairs [4, 5] to unjust character judgments in more nuanced narratives [6, 7]. Overall, the use of "unwarranted" serves as a literary tool to question authority, highlight bias, and underscore the absence of rational support for particular decisions or assertions [8].
  1. Quite an exaggerated and unwarranted statement.
    — from The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2 by Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
  2. He stated that he had tried to secure the arrest of McRae for the entirely unwarranted attack but was denied a warrant.
    — from The Everett Massacre: A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Walker C. Smith
  3. The Belgians were aroused to blind fury by the disregard of their neutrality rights and the unwarranted invasion of their peaceful country.
    — from The Note-Book of an Attaché: Seven Months in the War Zone by Eric Fisher Wood
  4. I decline to countenance your unwarranted intrusion into what you pretend to believe are my private affairs.
    — from The Fighting Chance by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
  5. “I know this visit is unwarranted; I know it is considered an intrusion.
    — from The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls by L. T. Meade
  6. She began to see that they looked upon her complaint as unwarranted, and that she was supposed to work on and say nothing.
    — from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
  7. It seemed a monstrous, unnatural, unwarranted condition which had suddenly descended upon him without his let or hindrance.
    — from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
  8. "Your question makes an unwarranted assumption," said Big Sam dryly.
    — from The Apple of Discord by Earle Ashley Walcott

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