释义 |
[ uhn-juhst ] / ʌnˈdʒʌst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unjust ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot just; lacking in justice or fairness: unjust criticism; an unjust ruler. Archaic. unfaithful or dishonest. Origin of unjustMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un-1, just1 SYNONYMS FOR unjust1 inequitable, partial, unfair, prejudiced, biased; undeserved, unmerited, unjustifiable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR unjust ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM unjustun·just·ly, adverbun·just·ness, nounWords nearby unjustUniversity Wits, univocal, UNIX, unjaundiced, unjoint, unjust, unjustifiable, unjustified, Unkelos, unkempt, unkenned Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unjustIt can also take form as the Holy Bible-inspired Jubilee 2000 campaign advocating for the annulment of unjust debt for developing countries. How religion inspires the Nigerian diaspora to play a role in Africa’s development|Edward Ademolu|October 6, 2020|Quartz Trapping San Diegans for another 20 years with an unaccountable, monopoly utility is unfair and unjust, and we deserve better. San Diego Is Headed Toward Another Bad Deal Unless Leaders Intervene|Brian Pollard|October 1, 2020|Voice of San Diego Importantly, these encounters are also among the places where racially unjust policing is taught and learned. Why some senior officers are making it harder for police departments to fight racism|matthewheimer|August 26, 2020|Fortune With your unkind and unjust words, you continue to cause harm to LGBT people in your religious communities. Do LGBTs Owe Christians an Olive Branch? Try The Other Way Around|Jay Michaelson|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jackson had several notable confrontations with cadets who were unhappy with him or who felt he had been unjust. Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST The original essay that Mark writes that goes viral, when that phrase was new, was called Motivation in an Unjust World. The Author Of The Summer's Hit Paranoid Fantasy Opens Up|William O’Connor|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Surely they believe as well that the very concept of an ethnic nation “chosen” by God is phony and unjust. No Drama Obama's Israel Ambivalence|James Poulos|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST But religion also compels us to fight the unjust, prejudiced systems that cause and perpetuate that misfortune. Believers Must Fight for Gay Teens|Gene Robinson|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Surely your father could not be so unjust as to leave the farm you have worked on so hard away from you? In all the record of the years that he was with him he finds no page blotted with an unjust act, not one. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll Nature has not been so unjust as to allow one age to enjoy more pleasures than another. The Idea of Progress|J. B. Bury She saw him at last and welcomed him with an eager impulsiveness—for she knew now that she had been unjust to him at Laufingen. The Giant's Robe|F. Anstey I don't know that he showed any unjust partiality, though, in his talk of 'those girls,' as he called them. The March Family Trilogy, Complete|William Dean Howells
British Dictionary definitions for unjust
adjectivenot in accordance with accepted standards of fairness or justice; unfair Derived forms of unjustunjustly, adverbunjustness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unjustbiased, partisan, inequitable, unfair, unjustified, wrongful, wrong, one-sided, prejudiced, below the belt, fixed, influenced, partial, shabby, underhand, unforgivable, low-down, undeserved, unmerited, unrighteous |