Meanings
comparative more unjust · superlative most unjust
- Not fair, just or right.
The solution was very unjust.
3 more examples
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, […]
1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act IThe rain it raineth all around Upon the just and unjust fella; But chiefly on the just because The unjust stole the just’s umbrella.
a. 1947, anonymous, as published in 1947, ed. Iona and Peter Opie, I Saw Esau: Traditional Rhymes of YouthThe Gen Z generation is bringing “good trouble” — a term coined by civil rights activist and politician John Lewis for nonviolent protests against unjust situations — to the “9-9-6 work culture.”
2025 August 4, Bryan Robinson, “The ‘9-9-6 Work Schedule’ Could Be Coming To Your Workplace Soon”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception
adjectivenot equitable or fair
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂yew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂yéwos
- Proto-Italic*jowos
- Latiniūstus
- Old Frenchjuste
- Middle Englishjuste
- Englishjust
- Englishunjust
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄδικος
- ἄδικος (ádikos)not fair, just or right
Arabic ظَالِم, جَائِر
- ظَالِم (ẓālim)not fair, just or right
- جَائِر (jāʔir)not fair, just or right
Bulgarian несправедлив
- несправедлив (nespravedliv)not fair, just or right
Catalan injust
- injustnot fair, just or right
Chinese Mandarin 不公平的, 不公正的
- 不公平的 (bù gōngpíng de)not fair, just or right
- 不公正的 (bù gōngzhèng de)not fair, just or right
- 非正義的 /非正义的 (fēi zhèngyì de)not fair, just or right
Czech nespravedlivý
- nespravedlivýnot fair, just or right
Dutch onrechtvaardig
- onrechtvaardignot fair, just or right
Finnish epäoikeudenmukainen
- epäoikeudenmukainennot fair, just or right
French injuste
- injustenot fair, just or right
German ungerecht
- ungerechtnot fair, just or right
Hungarian nem tisztességes, igazságtalan
- nem tisztességesnot fair, just or right
- igazságtalannot fair, just or right
Icelandic ranglátur
- rangláturnot fair, just or right
Irish ainfhíréanta, aincheart
- ainfhíréantanot fair, just or right
- aincheartnot fair, just or right
- neamhchóirnot fair, just or right
- éagórachnot fair, just or right
- éigeartnot fair, just or right
- neamhfhíréantanot fair, just or right
Italian ingiusto
- ingiustonot fair, just or right
Japanese 不正な
- 不正な (fusei na)not fair, just or right
Korean 옳지 않은
- 옳지 않은 (olchi aneun)not fair, just or right
Latin iniūrus
- iniūrusnot fair, just or right
Persian غیر عادلانه, غیر منصفانه
- غیر عادلانهnot fair, just or right
- غیر منصفانهnot fair, just or right
- نامردی (nâmardi)not fair, just or right
Polish niesprawiedliwy
- niesprawiedliwynot fair, just or right
Portuguese injusto
- injustonot fair, just or right
Romanian nedrept, injust
- nedreptnot fair, just or right
- injustnot fair, just or right
Russian несправедли́вый
- несправедли́вый (nespravedlívyj)not fair, just or right
Spanish injusto
- injustonot fair, just or right
Swedish orättvis, vrång
- orättvisnot fair, just or right
- vrångnot fair, just or right
Turkish adaletsiz
- adaletsiznot fair, just or right
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unjust
Cite this entry
unjust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unjust
“unjust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unjust. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unjust,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unjust.
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