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# unjust

adjective (unjust; more unjust, most unjust)

«unjust» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unjust means not fair or not right, especially when someone is treated badly without a good reason. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjust/#m1)
2. (law) An unjust law or punishment goes against fairness and people's rights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjust/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in ethics lessons, history (unjust laws, slavery) and stories about wrongs being put right; phrases: «an unjust punishment», «unjust treatment», «it is unjust that…».

### Examples

- It was unjust to blame Mia for the broken window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjust/#x1)
- The whole class was kept in, which felt unjust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjust/#x2)
- People marched against the unjust law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjust/#x3)
- The story is about a king who was cruel and unjust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjust/#x4)
- Martin Luther King spoke out against unjust treatment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjust/#x5)
- Is it unjust to punish everyone for one person's mistake? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjust/#x6)
- He was so unjust and cruel that he won for himself the name of tyrant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjust/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: just (fair). Noun: injustice (not «unjustice»). Adverb: unjustly. Stronger and more formal than «unfair».

## In Jewish tradition

In the Psalms and Proverbs, an unjust man is a deceitful, wicked person. The righteous pray to God to save them from him.

**Interpretation.** Jewish law says judges must judge fairly and not twist justice. "Justice, justice shall you pursue" is the rule.

### Examples

- Be Thou my judge, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. (Writings PSA.43.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unjust/#x1)
- An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; and he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked. (Writings PRO.29.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unjust/#x2)

### Note

Opposite: just (fair). Noun: injustice (not «unjustice»). Adverb: unjustly. Stronger and more formal than «unfair».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unjust» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjust/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «unjust» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unjust/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unjust» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/unjust.html) on Mova free.