uncalled-for

• “The bean version makes a much better one pot meal -- I did not add any uncalled-for garnishes and the soup was plenty filling.”

  Somewhat Tarascan Bean Soup

• “I must say that although I too would prefer to get an auto-acknowledgement of receipt for e-mail queries just so I know they've arrived, most of the agent-directed vitriol JL discusses I (as an unpubbed writer) also found jaw-droppingly uncalled-for.”

  kateelliott: Agents, Publishers, Rejection, Aspiring Writers

• “It is amazing to read such rude and uncalled-for comments about Sarah Palin by so many people who forget their manners.”

  Clinton edges out Palin in 'Most Admired' poll

• “It was an uncalled-for sexist attack on who and what she was as a person and a professional.”

  Archive 2009-04-01

• “Cheryl giving him 24 hours to leave the house seemed pretty uncalled-for too.”

  The Guardian: Curb your Enthusiasm – season eight, episode one

• “When he emerged into the drying zone and opened his eyes, he was a new man, no longer sullen and brooding over the uncalled-for insult to his manhood.”

  Fictionaut: The Human Car Wash of Self-Esteem

• “At the best, in her most charitable frame of mind, she considered the statement of his views to be a caprice, an erratic and uncalled-for prank.”

  Chapter 24

• “(However, the intrusion of the narrator in the second paragraph was uncalled-for, and should never happen again).”

  GONE • by Christopher P. Garlington

• “The latest attempt to offer an explanation for uncalled-for behaviour was posted at around 4.45pm last night on Arsenal's official website.”

  The Guardian: Cesc Fábregas risking his and Arsenal's reputation with petty battles | Dominic Fifield

• “They applauded with what now seems to me uncalled-for fervor, but then!”

  Simon & Schuster: DARKWATER

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