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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