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unjust

[uhn-juhst]

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adjective

not just; lacking in justice or fairness: unjust criticism; an unjust ruler.

Archaic. unfaithful or dishonest.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see un-¹, just¹

Related forms

un·just·ly, adverb

un·just·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. inequitable, partial, unfair, prejudiced, biased; undeserved, unmerited, unjustifiable.

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It would be unjust to say that he used menaces as a mere habit, and no one can aver.

What's true is that all wars are unjust for somebody.

In regard to the claim that ending the unjust isolation of the.

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It would be unjust to say that he used menaces as a mere habit, and no one can aver.

What's true is that all wars are unjust for somebody.

In regard to the claim that ending the unjust isolation of the.

King believed that peaceful refusal to obey unjust law was the best way to bring about social change.

No one, surely, would be so unjust as to belittle this great performance by reference to earlier and longer flights over the land.

We consider the habitual contempt for everything which is young, new and burning with life to be unjust and even criminal.

What was unjust was that the state orphaned two young boys''.

It is clear that the review was bad, but the key question is whether or not it was unjust.

Leftists argued that meritocracies were not only unpleasant but unjust.

Resources are available for patients, activists and others interested in reforming the current unjust laws.

Capitalism in its pure form was something that collapsed in the late nineteenth century because it was extremely unjust.

And that, in fact, was part of the point: to protest what they and their hosts consider unjust laws.

It is unjust to have the means and to not help people in need.

Giving money to the industries with the loudest voices and cleverest lobbyists would be unjust and wasteful.

The lyrics say that criticizing an unjust society is not enough.

Jackson sees it, is the unjust treatment of a leader who is highly respected by many blacks.

It is unjust to expect adjunct faculty members to perform the kinds of duties, beyond teaching, that are expected of full timers.

Not getting a job and putting the word ugly into being turned down on an interview is crude and unjust.

In fact, many merchant ship captains are crueler and more unjust than pirate captains.

Not to respond would be degrading to myself and unjust to them.

Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Take a closer look at the bigger picture without making unjust comments.

But there is a difference between accepting the luck of the draw and accepting unfair and unjust characterizations of my views.

The more pressing part is how horrible to be caught up in this kind of rumor mill and then fired in this procedurally unjust way.

If the murder was unjust then the sharia court will say that the killer has to be killed.

They will always be cruel to their opponents as long as they are unjust enough to be slaveholders.

For many decades now, unfair and unjust foreign trade agreements and policies, have worked against our labor force.

At a news conference, he called the decision unjust.

Not only is it unjust but it places a severe drag on productivity, creates more welfare need, more militarism.

One wonders how any measure so patently unjust was made law in the first place.

Never the bribery or the pork or the unjust and excessive union contracts.

The immigration-justice system is notoriously unjust and difficult to navigate.

Poverty is the unjust condition which must be addressed by any means.

To shroud the truth is to invite an unjust verdict".

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World English Dictionary

unjust (ʌnˈdʒʌst)

—*adj*
	not in accordance with accepted standards of fairness or justice; unfair

un'justly

—*adv*

un'justness

—n

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Word Origin & History

unjust

1382, of persons, from un- (1) "not" + just. Of actions, attested from c.1400.

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