as in unfair
not fair or deserved; not just
The convict received an unjust sentence.
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Recent Examples of unjust
The court agreed with the jury’s determination that Altman and OpenAI were not liable, and therefore claims of breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment are dismissed as untimely.
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 19 May 2026
The court applied a three-year limit to claims involving charitable trust duties and a two-year limit to claims involving unjust enrichment.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
The jury also found Musk missed the two-year statute of limitations for the unjust enrichment claims.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
Team Altman played its hand pretty well going into the jury room—a finding of liability on either of Musk's two charges of breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment would frankly be a surprise.
—Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 19 May 2026
The court applied a three-year limit to claims involving charitable trust duties and a two-year limit to claims involving unjust enrichment.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
The jury also found Musk missed the two-year statute of limitations for the unjust enrichment claims.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
Team Altman played its hand pretty well going into the jury room—a finding of liability on either of Musk's two charges of breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment would frankly be a surprise.
—Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjust
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Legal and privacy concerns The lawsuit accuses Amazon of violating the Federal Trade Commission Act, which prohibits deceptive and unfair business practices.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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There were those dumb America's Care Packages that bestowed special powers to popular players to give them unfair advantages.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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However, investing in public institutions and infrastructure is a costly endeavor that can seem unreasonable when local officials are struggling to balance budgets without increasing tax burdens.—
Aneri Pattani,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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Nineteen recent clinical trials on kratom leaf document no evidence of severe addiction or significant or unreasonable adverse effects.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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As a result, the exploit can decrement the variable an arbitrary number of times and then delete and free the chain when some objects still point to it.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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The French overthrew millennia of arbitrary hereditary rule but soon devolved into terror and war.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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“Unjust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjust. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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