unjust

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ just.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈd͡ʒʌst/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌst

Adjective

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.

Usage notes

• See the notes about injustice.

Synonyms

• unfair

Antonyms

• just

Derived terms

• unjust enrichment

 

Related terms

• justice
• injustice

Translations

not fair, just or right

• Arabic: ظَالِم (ar) (ẓālim), جَائِر (ar) (jāʔir)
• Armenian: անարդար (hy) (anardar)
• Aromanian: nidreptu
• Asturian: inxustu
• Bulgarian: несправедлив (bg) (nespravedliv)
• Catalan: injust
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不公平的 (bù gōngpíng de), 不公正的 (bù gōngzhèng de), 非正義的／非正义的 (fēi zhèngyì de)

• Czech: nespravedlivý (cs)
• Dutch: onrechtvaardig (nl)
• Finnish: epäoikeudenmukainen (fi)
• French: injuste (fr)
• Galician: inxusto (gl)
• Georgian: უსამართლო (usamartlo)
• German: ungerecht (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄδικος (ádikos)

• Hungarian: nem tisztességes, igazságtalan (hu)
• Icelandic: ranglátur
• Irish: ainfhíréanta, aincheart, neamhchóir, éagórach, éigeart, neamhfhíréanta
• Italian: ingiusto (it)
• Japanese: 不正な (ja) (ふせいな, fusei na)
• Korean: 옳지 않은 (olchi aneun)
• Latin: iniūrus
• Macedonian: неправеден (nepraveden)
• Old English: unrihtwīs
• Ottoman Turkish: عدالتسز (ʼadaletsiz)
• Persian: غیر عادلانه, غیر منصفانه, نامردی (fa) (nâmardi) (informal)
• Plautdietsch: onjerajcht
• Polish: niesprawiedliwy (pl)
• Portuguese: injusto (pt)
• Romanian: nedrept (ro), injust (ro)
• Russian: несправедли́вый (ru) (nespravedlívyj)
• Spanish: injusto (es)
• Swedish: orättvis (sv), vrång (sv)
• Turkish: adaletsiz (tr)