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には当あたらないno call to; hardly warrants

You weigh a reaction against the facts and find it uncalled for: surprise, dismay, blame, praise. It is a cool, written judgment: "there is no call to …".

How to form it

Verb (dictionary form) + には当たらない

A verb of reacting or judging. は can drop: 驚おどろくに当あたらない. A noun for the reaction goes straight on: 称しょう賛さんには当あたらない.

Before it
A reaction or a judgment: 驚おどろく, 嘆なげく, 悲ひ観かんする, 落らく胆たんする, 非ひ難なんする, 責せめる, 称しょう賛さんする. The one you will meet most is 驚おどろくには当あたらない.
Often with
The reason, said first: …のだから, …ので, …を考かんがえれば.
Where you'll meet it
Editorials, commentary, reports, speeches. Aloud, mostly in measured talk.

In use

It weighs a reaction, not a practical step

A practical "no need to" is 必ひつ要ようはない or ことはない.

Not said: 雨あめはやんだから、傘かさを持もっていくには当あたらない。

(The rain has stopped, so there is no need to take an umbrella.)

持もっていく必ひつ要ようはない.

Close neighbours

に当たる (counts as)N3

After a label such as 犯はん罪ざい, 違い反はん or 失しつ礼れい, the same words are the negative of "counts as": "doesn't count as".

ことはないN3

Everyday, and said to a person: you tell them there's no need, usually to reassure them.

ほどのことではないN1

Everyday too: the matter is too small to call for the reaction. には当たらない doesn't call it small. It says the facts don't support the reaction.

には及ばないN1

A formal reply to thanks, an offer or worry: there is no need.

Check yourself

1Which sentence sounds natural?

Choose an answer to see why.

2What does this mean?

その発はつ言げんは差さ別べつには当あたらない。

Choose an answer to see why.

More detail

With no に, 当あたらない is "misses the mark": その批ひ判はんは当あたらない, "that criticism is off the mark".

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