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as in wrong
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this
it would be no unfairness to the article's second author to characterize his contributions as minimal
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Noun
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There was a bit of injustice there but the main thing was the noise from the crowd.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
2 May 2025 -
As occult expert and in-demand exorcist John Constantine, Reeves’s athletic grace and simmering fury at the world’s injustices give the supernatural neo-noir its emotional grounding.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The rights and wrongs of when and why supporters jeer their own team’s players are discussed here and Liverpool fans are certainly not alone in having done this.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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The country cannot turn the page on that dark, divisive, and racist era without righting this terrible wrong.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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“Unfairness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfairness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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