unjust

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Recent Examples of unjust Which land’s unjust deeds does one examine? Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025 These charges are absurd and unjust. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025 Just as New Orleans has spent the last 20 years on the road to recovery, DRP is working to reckon with Detroit's tidal wave of unjust property tax foreclosures and chart a path toward repair. Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 In March 2025, a circuit judge ruled that the fines were unjust, ordering Walton County to pay Peavy’s legal fees, totaling $42,000. Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unjust
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjust
Adjective
  • Sadly, because of these two, all the sisters were tarred with the same brush, which is most unfair.
    Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The union argued that Levine Cava’s plan to shift the $28 million expense to the Fire Rescue Department was unfair because that agency is funded solely with a special tax only paid by owners of property located outside of Miami and the other cities that have their own fire departments.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • We're protected from unreasonable searches and seizures.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This is a crude and unreasonable attempt to make the discussion into an all-or-nothing affair.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • If senior figures display rudeness or disrespect, employees may assume that such behavior is acceptable, making selective enforcement seem arbitrary and undermining of trust.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Moreover, Burroughs further held that the administration’s actions were arbitrary and capricious, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
    Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Corporate governance has long grappled with the challenge of information asymmetry—the unequal distribution of critical knowledge between management and oversight bodies such as boards and shareholders.
    Michael Hilb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Clairet alleges her tenure at Disney started on unequal footing, accusing the company of hiring a man for the same work but with a more senior title and higher pay.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Unjust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjust. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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