injusticein‧jus‧tice /ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs/ ●○○ noun 
the injustice of slaveryinjustice against innumerable injustices against the black population The movie deals with injustices suffered by Native Americans. He had developed a deep sense of social injustice.2do somebody an injustice to judge someone’s character or abilities unfairly: To say that you are a poor cook is to do yourself an injustice.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- racial injustice
- She will be remembered for her ceaseless campaigning against injustice.
- The group, called the Wilmington 10, were active in protests against racial injustices in the schools in the early 1970s.
- These injustices are intolerable, especially when the victims are children.
Longman Language Activatora situation or decision which is very unfair
when people are treated with great unfairness, especially in connection with their legal rights: · She will be remembered for her ceaseless campaigning against injustice.· These injustices are intolerable, especially when the victims are children.economic/social/racial injustice: · The group, called the Wilmington 10, were active in protests against racial injustices in the schools in the early 1970s.
a situation that is extremely unfair and morally wrong because it has completely the opposite result to the one it is supposed to have: · The Salem witch trials have proved to be a legal travesty.a travesty of justice: · Not allowing her to speak in her own defence was a travesty of justice.
a situation in which someone is wrongly punished for a crime that they were not responsible for: · Whenever a miscarriage of justice is discovered, people lose respect for the law.· The safeguards are intended to prevent a miscarriage of justice.a gross miscarriage of justice (=a very serious miscarriage): · The execution was a gross miscarriage of justice against an innocent man.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He had developed a deep sense of social injustice.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
He had developed a deep sense of social injustice.· Our proposal is a modest one: we are trying to implement a more just system rather than tackling a great injustice.· There are many poor people in the world; that in itself is a great injustice.· Was the hazardous code of the duel a greater injustice than the unfairness of the law?· There was an emptiness about the evident lack of emotion which seemed to do George a great injustice.
· She says bluntly what she thinks about landowners, the Royal Family, social injustice and access to the hills.· Poverty was let off the hook. Social injustices were let off the hook.· Secondly, some change may be organised from above in order to encourage agricultural productivity and curb social injustice.· The left says that evil results from social injustice.· In January 1990 the Commission recommended 58 proposals for the rectification of social and economic injustices.· Some were angered by the social injustice that allowed huge inequalities in wealth and welfare within their society.· Also looking outwards, others such as Shahn, Lawrence, Fougeron and Eardley pointed to social or political injustice.· As soon as the State takes some responsibility for economic organization, it becomes responsible for social injustice.
VERB· The basic principle is that the amendment must not cause an injustice.
· Two months later: The truth was never revealed, though it seems likely that Lothar suffered an injustice.· For forty years this village suffered the injustice of a 99% échelle de cru.· It is plain, however, that Mr. Butler has suffered no injustice whatever.· Those who suffered injustice would then be supported by the courts.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1[countable, uncountable] a situation in which people are treated very unfairly and not given their rightsinjustice of- Cutting the benefits of war veterans would be doing them a great injustice.
- But they do themselves an injustice.
- Indeed, it may well serve to do some injustice and violence to the integrity of the substantive phenomena.
the injustice of slaveryinjustice against innumerable injustices against the black population The movie deals with injustices suffered by Native Americans. He had developed a deep sense of social injustice.2do somebody an injustice to judge someone’s character or abilities unfairly: To say that you are a poor cook is to do yourself an injustice.