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as in wrong
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this
life seemed to treat him with an unjustness that was immensely frustrating
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Noun
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These are constitutional guarantees forged in response to deliberate injustice.—
Rosalind Osgood,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026 -
Headline after headline found celebrities speaking about injustice and the larger world, rather than what was going inside this little bubble of talking about movies.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Knicks merely need to right their wrongs.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the hope of righting the wrong of helping Roper fake his death, Angela has also cornered Mayra (Indira Varma), the MI-6 chief who is in cahoots with Roper.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Unjustness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustness. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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