unwarranted

Questions about unwarranted

What does unwarranted mean?

unwarranted means "incapable of being justified or explained". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unwarranted?

unwarranted has 4 syllables: un-war-ran-ted. The stress falls on "war". In IPA it is /ənˈwɔɹəntɪd/.

What is another word for unwarranted?

Close synonyms include indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, baseless. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unwarranted a common word?

unwarranted is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.