unjust

Example Sentences

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Workers have labored under these unjust policies for nearly a century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

In 2022, women put their bodies on the line to protest and call for accountability for the unjust killing of Jina Amini.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026

“This decision is both unjust and wrong,” said Clark’s attorney, Erin Joyce.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Many buildings were also built "without oversight", she told AFP, while decrying neglect of the issue and "unjust housing policies".

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

He was proud, sardonic, harsh to inferiority of every description: in my secret soul I knew that his great kindness to me was balanced by unjust severity to many others.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë