Unjust
[ʌn'dʒʌst] or ['ʌn'dʒʌst]
Definition
(adj.) violating principles of justice; 'unjust punishment'; 'an unjust judge'; 'an unjust accusation' .
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Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Inequitable, iniquitous, unfair, dishonest, unrighteous, wicked, wrong, nefarious, heinous, flagitious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
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Definition
adj. not just or controlled by justice: contrary to justice: dishonest faithless.—adj. Unjus′tifīable not justifiable.—n. Unjus′tifīableness.—advs. Unjus′tifīably; Unjust′ly.—n. Unjust′ness.
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Examples
- And still the unjust must appear just; that is 'the homage which vice pays to virtue. Plato. The Republic.
- And the unjust is good and wise, and the just is neither? Plato. The Republic.
- The opportunity frequently occurred for me to defend General Buell against what I believed to be most unjust charges. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His own good sense taught him that such a training of his servants was unjust and dangerous. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- If you insist, you take your unjust advantage of me, and I give way immediately. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- What a miserable little poltroon had fear, engendered of unjust punishment, made of me in those days! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But now, let us reason with the unjust, who is not intentionally in error. Plato. The Republic.
- Unjust, however, as such prohibitions may be, they have not hitherto been very hurtful to the colonies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Then the just is happy, and the unjust miserable? Plato. The Republic.
- And the unjust man will strive and struggle to obtain more than the unjust man or action, in order that he may have more than all? Plato. The Republic.
- I am more unreasonable and more unjust than ever. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Perhaps you may remember some one saying at the beginning of our discussion that the unjust man was profited if he had the reputation of justice. Plato. The Republic.
- And can the just by justice make men unjust, or speaking generally, can the good by virtue make them bad? Plato. The Republic.
- No motive can excuse the unjust and ungenerous part you acted _there_. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It'll be my turn to think of you as happy--and the world will seem a less unjust place to me too. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Then men who are injured are of necessity made unjust? Plato. The Republic.
- Emma's colour was heightened by this unjust praise; and with a smile, and shake of the head, which spoke much, she looked at Mr. Knightley. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Another question has not been answered: Is the just or the unjust the happier? Plato. The Republic.
- You are unfair and unjust. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Unless I am more considerate to ignorance, more forbearing to suffering, than I have hitherto been, I shall scorn myself as grossly unjust. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And of the unjust may not the opposite be supposed? Plato. The Republic.
- She did not care what unjust sarcasm might be hurled at her in reply. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And surely, he replied, no one will ever prove that the souls of men become more unjust in consequence of death. Plato. The Republic.
- But if, though unjust, I acquire the reputation of justice, a heavenly life is promised to me. Plato. The Republic.
- You are a very warm friend to Mr. Martin; but, as I said before, are unjust to Harriet. Jane Austen. Emma.
- If I could wish it for my own sake, I would not do so unjust a thing by the poor girl. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It is unjust and cruel to accuse me of distrusting you, said Laura. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- How can you be so unjust? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Unjust barbarian! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then the just soul and the just man will live well, and the unjust man will live ill? Plato. The Republic.
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