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Unjust
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Unjust has 3 senses
- unjust(a = adj.all) unfair - not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage" Derived form noun unjustness1
- unjust(a = adj.all) Array - violating principles of justice; "unjust punishment"; "an unjust judge"; "an unjust accusation" Antonym: just
- unjust(a = adj.all) inequitable - not equitable or fair; "the inequitable division of wealth"; "inequitable taxation" Derived form noun unjustness1
Derived form noun unjustness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Unjust, a.
- Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge. [1913 Webster]
- Contrary to justice and right; prompted by a spirit of injustice; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence; an unjust demand; an unjust accusation. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Unjust, adj. not just, contrary to justice or fairness.
Derivative
unjustly adv. unjustness n.
ROGET THESAURUS
Unjust
Wrong
N wrong, what ought not to be, what should not be, malum in se, unreasonableness, grievance, shame, injustice, tort, unfairness, iniquity, foul play, partiality, leaning, bias, favor, favoritism, nepotism, party spirit, partisanship, bigotry, undueness, wrongdoing (vice), unlawfulness, robbing Peter to pay Paul, the wolf and the lamb, vice, a custom more honored in the breach than the obser, wrong, wrongful, bad, too bad, unjust, unfair, inequitable, unequitable, unequal, partial, one-sided, injurious, tortious, objectionable, unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable, improper, unfit, unjustified, illegal, iniquitous, immoral, in the wrong, in the wrong box, wrongly, it will not do.
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