Examples of unjust in a Sentence
The convict received an unjust sentence.
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What happens, though, when those excesses transcend the merely stupid, the merely unjust, to become existential?
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Literary Hub, 29 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
Your death was preventable, unjust, tragic, and contemptible; utterly contemptible.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 29 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
Your death was preventable, unjust, tragic, and contemptible; utterly contemptible.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unjust
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“Unjust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unjust. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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