as in unfair
not fair or deserved; not just
The convict received an unjust sentence.
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Recent Examples of unjust
Reform Alliance is dedicated to finding bipartisan ways to address unjust sentencing laws that are the engine of mass incarceration.
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Jelani Cobb, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
It is meant as part of the system of checks and balances, to serve as an emergency backstop against unjust court proceedings.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Peanut the squirrel and Fred the racoon have captivated people across the nation − and rallied those who find the animals' euthanasia at the hands of the government unjust.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
Under Gary Gensler, the sitting SEC chair, the crypto industry has faced what many in its ranks allege to be an unjust and targeted barrage of litigation.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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Jelani Cobb, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
It is meant as part of the system of checks and balances, to serve as an emergency backstop against unjust court proceedings.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Peanut the squirrel and Fred the racoon have captivated people across the nation − and rallied those who find the animals' euthanasia at the hands of the government unjust.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
Under Gary Gensler, the sitting SEC chair, the crypto industry has faced what many in its ranks allege to be an unjust and targeted barrage of litigation.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjust
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Assaf Gavron: What settler violence is doing to Israel The threats, the violence, and the unfair outcome were what made that day outside Ramallah a normal one.Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
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The pop icon is no stranger to body positivity − after years of scrutiny in the entertainment industry, she's become an outspoken voice against unfair beauty standards.Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Left in the dust ‘Cruise’ driverless robot taxis are seen at a parking lot as California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) revokes its self-driving car permit and citing ‘unreasonable risk to public safety’ in San Francisco, California, USA on October 24, 2023.Kristian Burt, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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To determine whether those amounts posed an unreasonable risk of harm, the agency compared them to a specific benchmark — the highest concentration of formaldehyde measured by government monitors in outdoor air between 2015 and 2020.Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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Get the ring that’s perfect for the woman, not the ring whose price tag aligns with an arbitrary algorithm. 18.Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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After all, so many of the norms that make disability so inconvenient—font sizes, the height at which a drawing is hung—are utterly arbitrary, and so can be reinvented.Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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However, a common concern is unequal access to legal counsel, while prosecutors often have more resources than defense attorneys, leading to an uneven playing field.Peter Suciu, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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For others, though, the online marketplace is crowded, unequal and not very transparent, Calley said, at least for smaller retailers trying to navigate it.Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Unjust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjust. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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