unentitled
/'ʌnin'taitld/
Definition
Adjective: - Having no right or entitlement: Describes a person or entity that lacks a legitimate claim, privilege, or legal right to something. It implies an absence of justification or authority.
Usage
The adjective "unentitled" is used to describe a state of not having a right to a specific benefit, position, treatment, or piece of property. It is often used in formal, legal, or critical contexts to highlight an unjustified claim or assumption of privilege. - It typically follows a linking verb like "be" or "feel." - It can be followed by the preposition "to" when specifying what the right pertains to (e.g., "unentitled to the inheritance").
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "to be unentitled to something": To lack any rightful claim to a specific thing.
- The former employee was found unentitled to the company's trade secrets.
Variants and Related Words
- Entitlement (n): The fact of having a right to something.
- There is a debate about welfare entitlements.
- Entitled (adj): Having a right to something; (often used pejoratively) believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.
- Only entitled members may enter. / He has a very entitled attitude.
Synonyms
- Ineligible: Not having the right qualifications or meeting the necessary conditions.
- Unauthorized: Not having official permission or approval.
- Unqualified: Not officially recognized as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity; lacking the necessary skills.
Antonyms
- Entitled: Having a right or claim to something.
- Eligible: Having the right to do or obtain something; satisfying the appropriate conditions.
- Authorized: Having official permission or approval.
Adjective
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having no right or entitlement
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a distinction to which he was unentitled
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