as in unfair
not fair or deserved; not just
The convict received an unjust sentence.
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Recent Examples of unjust
This is unjust, and this injustice has genuinely pained me.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
On Wednesday afternoon, dozens of students protested outside the UT Tower, decrying the Trump administration's immigration policies as unjust and unfair.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
However, taking away our civil liberties only results in a more unjust society.
—Alvin Lee, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2025
Social media companies have already gotten several claims dismissed, including a claim of unjust enrichment, Goetz said, because Nazario failed to respond to them.
—ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
On Wednesday afternoon, dozens of students protested outside the UT Tower, decrying the Trump administration's immigration policies as unjust and unfair.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
However, taking away our civil liberties only results in a more unjust society.
—Alvin Lee, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2025
Social media companies have already gotten several claims dismissed, including a claim of unjust enrichment, Goetz said, because Nazario failed to respond to them.
—ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for unjust
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjust
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Property managers find fault with the current program Some property managers have raised concerns about the way the program works, claiming its requirements are unfair to responsible property owners and managers who are actively trying to remedy maintenance issues, particularly in older buildings.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Israel also faces prejudice and unfair expectations that would not be faced by many other countries in such circumstances.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
29 July 2025
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The same could be true of the recent cost estimates, but construction technology has advanced in the past half century, so that lower costs per mile are not unreasonable.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Barbara Attard, a police accountability expert, said meet and confer can last months, but beyond a year is unreasonable.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2025
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The Florida court contrived a weird and arbitrary compromise, granting new sentencing hearings only to death row prisoners whose sentences were considered final after 2002, when the U.S. court issued a decision that was a precursor to Hurst’s.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 July 2025
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Ultimately, Bae acknowledges, these classifications are somewhat arbitrary.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
26 July 2025
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The white supremacists who wrote the Texas constitutions of 1866 and 1876 ensured that schooling for Black and white students remained inherently separate and unequal.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Although the plaintiffs argued disabled students seeking to participate in the Educational Freedom Accounts program and attend private schools must agree to the diminishment of their rights under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the defendants said unequal treatment is not shown.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 July 2025
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“Unjust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjust. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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