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Definition of "unjust" []

  • Violating principles of justice or fairness; unfair: "monstrously unjust and socially harmful” ( Anna Garlin Spencer). (adjective)
  • Archaic Faithless; dishonest. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unjust" in a sentence
  • "Why, if she is displeased with you she must be unjust, _and is she ever unjust_?"
  • "One group, known as Occupy Black Friday, is urging shoppers to bypass chain stores in favor of small and local businesses, while another group, named Don't Occupy Walmart, is organizing a boycott of Walmart stores in protest of what it calls unjust and anti-union practices on the part of the retail giant."
  • "Gadhafi implored Obama to stop the NATO-led air campaign, which he called an "unjust war against a small people of a developing country.""