injustices

noun

plural of injustice
as in wrongs
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this a group that has long suffered injustice at the hands of our judicial system

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Recent Examples of injustices These injustices also coalesce with innumerable historical and contemporary global histories of genocide and displacement. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026 Gloria Steinem attributed her mother's nervous breakdown before she was born, and her treatment in mental institutions and the workforce thereafter, as key to her interest in social injustices. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026 Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus founded the Happy Hippie Foundation to fight injustices facing homeless and LGBTQ youth as well as other vulnerable populations. — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 The players have long spoken out about racial injustices and LGBTQ rights. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 Ultimately, Ridgway asks what responsibility bystanders must take for the injustices around them. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Community advocates say the disaster underscores long-standing environmental injustices in Eastside neighborhoods, urging faster cleanup and permanent closure of the facility. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 During both the Jim Crow era and the civil-rights movement, Black scholars and activists in particular emphasized Washington’s slaveholding to make clear the deep roots of modern racial injustices. — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026 In some situations, the reforms also address historical injustices that prevented citizenship from passing through earlier generations. — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injustices
  1. wrongs
  2. inequities
  3. injuries
Noun
  • Tort law is a branch of civil law that deals with civil wrongs or injuries, allowing an injured party to seek compensation from the person or entity responsible.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Just in time for Labor Day, the National Labor Relations Board can finally right some of the wrongs of the Biden administration.
    — Marvin E. Kaplan, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of wrongs
Noun
  • Corruption was endemic, and the country’s deeper troubles—its poverty, its social inequities, and the hopeless conditions that drive millions of Nepalis to emigrate for work—endured, laying the kindling for last year’s explosion.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Manuel felt the golf course was the perfect setting for the film to explore societal inequities in the country.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of inequities
Noun
  • The defender sustained the injuries following a late challenge from Van Bommel, 22, in the final stages of the league match at the Johan Cruyff Arena.
    — Ali Rampling, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • MacDonald’s first big leaguer was Scott Oberg, pitched five productive seasons with the Rockies before injuries shortened his career in 2019.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of injuries

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“Injustices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injustices. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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