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# unjustly

adverb (unjustly)

«unjustly» 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

If someone is treated unjustly, they are treated unfairly, in a way that is not right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustly/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a king or a rich uncle takes what belongs to someone else, and the hero makes him give it back

### Examples

- She was punished unjustly for something her brother did. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustly/#x1)
- The old king had ruled unjustly for years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustly/#x2)
- I felt I had been treated unjustly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Psalm 82, God stands among the judges and tells them to stop judging unfairly and favoring the wicked.

**Interpretation.** Tradition holds that judges must be just and impartial, and that unjust judging goes against God's own rule over the world.

### Examples

- 'How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? (Writings PSA.82.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unjustly/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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