The word "unwarranted" means without justification or reason. It can be used to describe actions, beliefs, or opinions that are not based on fact or evidence and therefore lack any validity or credibility.
Usage examples
The news article contained unwarranted accusations against the politician.
The student received an unwarranted detention for arriving a few minutes late to class.
The company faced unwarranted criticism from a competitor for its business practices.
The police officer used unwarranted force while apprehending the suspect.
The judge dismissed the case due to the plaintiff's unwarranted claims.
The professor gave an unwarranted low grade to a student who clearly put effort into the assignment.
The customer filed an unwarranted complaint against the restaurant, demanding compensation for a minor issue.
The company's decision to lay off employees without offering any explanation was seen as unwarranted.
The media's unwarranted sensationalism often distorts the truth and misleads the public.
The employee faced unwarranted discrimination based on their race, causing an uncomfortable work environment.
A reminder that we're not all the same is not unwarranted in general — because a dress that looks dowdy on me at 5» 2 ″ since it hangs past my knees can look slutty (sorry, can't think of a nicer word) on her since it would be halfway up her thighs. (corporette.com)
As a consequence we have often wavered between one and the other, and the people have been left either with unwarranted expectations of divine intervention in their behalf or with a remote and essentially deistic God to whom — or perhaps more accurately, to which — it has seemed futile to turn in time of need. (religion-online.org)
The Climate Change denier - sceptics also have a modus operandi that seeks to (a) take attention away from important emerging truth by making unwarranted attacks on people and research and (b) focus attention on disputed details to stop people seeing the wider picture. (realclimate.org)