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How to use unjust in a sentence

20 example sentences · adjective

Unjust means not fair, just or right. Example: “The solution was very unjust.”

Examples of unjust by meaning

adjectiveNot fair, just or right.

  • The solution was very unjust.
  • The Gen Z generation is bringing “good trouble” — a term coined by civil rights activist and politician John Lewis for nonviolent protests against unjust situations — to the “9-9-6 work culture.”2025 August 4, Bryan Robinson, “The ‘9-9-6 Work Schedule’ Could Be Coming To Your Workplace Soon”, in Forbes, archived from the original on...

More sentences with unjust

  • He pleaded urgently for release from what he considered to be an unjust imprisonment.From the entry urgently
  • Every possible pressure was brought to bear on the minister to ensure the unjust law was not passed.From the entry bring to bear
  • The neuter voice is too reticent, too timid—too unjust—to be audible.2016, David Appelbaum, In His Voice: Maurice Blanchot's Affair with the Neuter, page 26. From the entry neuter voice
  • A nonfree program is a yoke, an instrument of unjust power.2013, Richard Stallman, “Archived copy”, in Free Software Is Even More Important Now, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2024. From the entry yoke
  • Yes, the point was to raise awareness about the intrusive, unjust Stop Online Piracy act.2012, Michael Kaemingk, "SOPA bill fails to address actual piracy issues", The Spectator (Seattle University), 25 January 2012. From the entry what is this I don't even
  • Still, we should have no disagreement that what is antihumanity is unjust and evil.2008, Xunwu Chen, Justice, Humanity and Social Toleration, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry antihumanity
  • Justice is not a willow in the wind; justice stands immutable against unjust forces.1989, Gerry Spence, With Justice for None, →ISBN, page 5. From the entry willow in the wind
  • In their hopes of overthrowing an unjust society, many of these groups held to romantic models of secret conspiratorial organisations.2022, China Miéville, chapter 2, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC. From the entry skulduggerous
  • This vicious and unjust slur is handed down from on high by a back-slapping quangocracy that's "in agreement about everything".2014 May 22, Will Self, “Selfish, Whining Monkeys by Rod Liddle review – why is he so angry?”, in The Guardian. From the entry quangocracy
  • We shall be in a difficulty if having pronounced one plan unjust we should find the only alternative unjuster.1903, Empire Review, volume 4, page 225. From the entry unjuster
  • Thrasymachus is willing to attribute to the unjust man power or virtue, but he isunwilling to identify complete unjustice with wisdom or prudence (phronesis).1992, Seth Benardete, Socrates' Second Sailing. From the entry unjustice
  • Through nonviolent resistance we shall be able to oppose the unjust system and at the same time love the perpetrators of the system.1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., “A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart”, in Strength to Love, New York: Pocket Books, published 1964, →OCLC, page 7. From the entry love
  • The few who are more fortunate are rendered illiberal by their unjust privileges, and oppressive through fear of the awakening indignation of the masses.1917, Bertrand Russell, “Chapter II: Capitalism and the Wage System”, in Political Ideals. From the entry illiberal
  • The so-called "red pillers" believe that society favors women over men, disenfranchising them and leaving them subject to laws and societal rules they feel are unjust to their gender.2015 June 16, Trijcomm, “Men's rights fanatics defend Iowa mall shooter fired for sexual harassment: It's 'hard to blame him'”, in…. From the entry red piller
  • We see little of Lear’s court in formal action, but there is moral cowardice in its general readiness to accede to unjust actions and say nothing.2015 February 15, Keith Linley, 'King Lear' in Context: The Cultural Background, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry servingman
  • The sum of one million dollars seems more randomly absurd than unjust, piddling, or anything else you can come up with to describe a punishment for the Fiesta's corruption.2011, “THE BCS FINES THE FIESTA BOWL A GORILLION DOLLARS”, in Every Day Should Be Saturday, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2019. From the entry gorillion
  • What is controversial is the claim that it is wrongful discrimination and not simply justified differential treatment—that it is arbitrary and hence, at least in law, unjust.2011, Elizabeth Brake, Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law, page 94. From the entry amatonormative
  • Similarly, it takes no great historical or contemporary exposure to admit truth in the Marxist claim that religion can prop false consciences and unjust statuses quo.1980, John Tully Carmody, Denise Lardner Carmody, “Social Justice and Liberation”, in Contemporary Catholic Theology: An Introduction, San…. From the entry statuses quo

Meaning of unjust

  1. adjective Not fair, just or right.

Full definition of unjust

Questions about unjust in a sentence

How do you use unjust in a sentence?
Unjust is used as an adjective. For example: “The solution was very unjust.”
What is a short sentence with unjust?
“The solution was very unjust.”
What does unjust mean?
Unjust means not fair, just or right.

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