warrantable

[ wawr-uh n-tuh-buh l, wor- ]

/ ˈwɔr ən tə bəl, ˈwɒr- /

capable of being warranted.

(of deer) of a legal age for hunting.

Origin of warrantable

First recorded in 1575–85; warrant + -able

non·war·rant·a·ble, adjective non·war·rant·a·bly, adverb un·war·rant·a·ble, adjective un·war·rant·a·bly, adverb

un·war·rant·a·ble·ness, noun

Apart from a knowledge of an intention preceding an act the inference of design is unwarrantable.

Theism or Atheism |Chapman Cohen
He said it was a strange and unwarrantable performance on the part of Chipperton, and he did not understand it.

A Jolly Fellowship |Frank R. Stockton
You, every one of you, took a most unwarrantable dislike to the poor, faithful little animal.

Polly |L. T. Meade
We have warned them, from time to time, of the attempts by their legislature, to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.

North America, Volume II (of 2) |Anthony Trollope

But the baby is certainly a most unwarrantable digression, and we must return to our post-cart.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVII. No. 101. May, 1876. |Various

unwarrantable

/ (ʌnˈwɒrəntəbəl) /

incapable of vindication or justification

unwarrantableness, noun unwarrantably, adverb