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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2
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
  • Yet some parents respond as though their children have suffered a serious injustice.
    — Jonathan Alpert OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Saturday’s mobilization follows calls on social media to revive the yellow vest movement, which emerged in 2018 against social injustice.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • By his own account, the call went from early to wrong to decent, and now some of his clients are calling it crowded.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
  • More than 45 years after the first Friday the 13th, Brad Caleb Kane is righting a wrong from the set of the 1980 slasher.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026

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“Unjustness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustness. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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