unjustness

1
as in injustice
the state of being unfair or unjust the sheer unjustness of the accusation infuriated her beyond words

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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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Recent Examples of unjustness But Panahi, inspired by his own daughter’s similar act of defiance, never loses sight of the policy’s unjustness, either, and the extremes required for something that in every other part of the world is naturally taken for granted. — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 26 June 2026
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Noun
  • Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Such acknowledgment matters, particularly when historical injustices have been repeatedly minimized or excluded from official narratives.
    — Brooke N. Newman, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
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  • Prosecutors said Clancy knew right from wrong and planned to strangle her children.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • On Saturday Night Live, host Inde Navarrette and Marcello Hernández played two Spanish soap opera actors tasked with working a product placement into their scene, but end up getting each take wrong—dramatically so.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

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“Unjustness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustness. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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