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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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Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025 -
Most overt is the sweeping nationwide crime of rural impoverishment; then there are the endless tiny, daily injustices that result.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Netanyahu accuses Hamas of violating ceasefire Earlier on Tuesday Netanyahu accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire by turning over some wrong remains in a process of returning the bodies of hostages to Israel.—
Maayan Lubell,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Getting that wrong is such a giveaway.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Unjustness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustness. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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