ingiustificatamente

unjustifiably; without justification

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Usage Note

Ingiustificatamente is used in formal, legal, and journalistic registers to describe an action carried out without valid reason: è stato licenziato ingiustificatamente (he was dismissed without justification). In everyday speech the phrase senza motivo or senza giustificazione is preferred.

Examples

"Il dipendente era stato ingiustificatamente sanzionato."

Natural Translation

The employee had been unjustifiably penalised.

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