unjust

[unĀ·just]

Something or someone that is unjust is just not fair. An unjust boss might fire you the very first time you're late for work.

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Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.

Adjective
not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage"

Adjective
not equitable or fair; "the inequitable division of wealth"; "inequitable taxation"

Adjective
violating principles of justice; "unjust punishment"; "an unjust judge"; "an unjust accusation"

Adjective S.
not righteous; "`unjust'' is an archaic term for `unrighteous''"


a.
Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.

a.
Contrary to justice and right; prompted by a spirit of injustice; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence; an unjust demand; an unjust accusation.


Unjust

Un*just" , a. 1. Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge. 2. Contrary to justice and right; prompted by a spirit of injustice; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence; an unjust demand; an unjust accusation. -- Un*just"ly, adv. -- Un*just"ness, n.

Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.

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Usage Examples

People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun.

There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.

I think it has other roots, has to do, in part, with a general anxiety in contemporary life... nuclear bombs, inequality of possibility and chance, inequality of goods allotted to us, a kind of general racist, unjust attitude that is pervasive.

The wave of new productive enterprises would provide opportunities to remedy the unjust distribution of environmental hazards among economic classes and racial and ethnic communities.

No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.

I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.

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