unjust

From un- +‎ just.

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈd͡ʒʌst/

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• Rhymes: -ʌst

unjust (comparative more unjust, superlative most unjust)

1. Not fair, just or right.

   The solution was very unjust.

   • 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:

     This ſtraunge vnwelcome and vnhappie newes,
     Of theſe vnnaturall Rebels and vniust,
     That threaten wracke vnto this wretched Land,
     Aye me affrights my womans mazed minde,
     Burdens my heart, and interrupts my ſleepe, […]

   • a. 1947, anonymous, as published in 1947, ed. Iona and Peter Opie, I Saw Esau: Traditional Rhymes of Youth:

     The rain it raineth all around
     Upon the just and unjust fella;
     But chiefly on the just because
     The unjust stole the just’s umbrella.

   • 2025 August 4, Bryan Robinson, “The ‘9-9-6 Work Schedule’ Could Be Coming To Your Workplace Soon”, in Forbes‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 August 2025:

     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.”

• See the notes about injustice.

• unfair

• just

• justice
• injustice