Examples of unjust in a Sentence
The convict received an unjust sentence.
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Hinton’s work shows how institutions—from urban police to public housing and segregated, underfunded schools—have, through their practices, entrenched a racially unjust status quo.
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Literary Hub, 30 Jan. 2026
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, an 8-year-old in West Baltimore at the time of the murder, offers piercing commentary on the impact of both the initial crime and the succeeding one, the grievously unjust trial that put three kids in the penitentiary.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
Based on real-life events in the 1930s, The Great Debaters depicts some of the unjust discrimination that these college students faced.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 27 Jan. 2026
Today, legitimacy, that invisible prop of authority, is endangered like never before, as unjust hierarchies become too visible to ignore, and custodians of the status quo have taken an axe to their own prestige.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 30 Jan. 2026
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, an 8-year-old in West Baltimore at the time of the murder, offers piercing commentary on the impact of both the initial crime and the succeeding one, the grievously unjust trial that put three kids in the penitentiary.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
Based on real-life events in the 1930s, The Great Debaters depicts some of the unjust discrimination that these college students faced.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 27 Jan. 2026
Today, legitimacy, that invisible prop of authority, is endangered like never before, as unjust hierarchies become too visible to ignore, and custodians of the status quo have taken an axe to their own prestige.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Unjust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unjust. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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