Antonyms for warranted

Grammar : Adj

Spell : wawr-uh nt, wor-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔr ənt, ˈwɒr-

Definition of warranted

Origin : late 13c., "to keep safe from danger," from Old North French warantir (Old French garantir), from warant (see warrant (n.)).
Meaning "to guarantee to be of quality" is attested from late 14c.; sense of "to guarantee as true" is recorded from c.1300. Related: Warranted; warranting.

adj authorized

Example sentences :

All this warranted my boy in being proud of his name, and, so to speak, living up to it.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Even sheer, fine handkerchiefs, warranted every thread linen!
Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

You may have been warranted; you may not have been; I can't say.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

They couldn't be warranted sound: but then, as Tony said, what horse could?
Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope

“Whether you were warranted or not is, of course, another matter,” said Nasmyth.
Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss

What might not an angry brother, in such a case, be warranted in doing?
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

And the sense of security, even the most warranted, is a bad councillor.
Extract from : « The Mirror of the Sea » by Joseph Conrad

What I had seen of her at the time of her fall warranted my curiosity.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

If he has, it was drawn from him by such means, that I am not warranted to say it in direct words.
Extract from : « A Simple Story » by Mrs. Inchbald

Yes, but they threw in a cook with it: she was warranted to stay two years!
Extract from : « The New Pun Book » by Thomas A. Brown and Thomas Joseph Carey

Synonyms for warranted

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