unjustly
25
5.2
- adverb
- /ʌnˈdʒʌstli/
:
injustamente
- Many of them unjustly convicted.
- treated unjustly
- unjustly imprisoned
But to die so completely and unjustly after having given so much?
- But to die so completely and unjustly after having given so much?
- Anger arises within me because they unjustly accuse me of being stupid.
- Who has been cancelled unjustly and what have they been cancelled from?
- They've been much criticized by people my age, I think unjustly so.
- When these, just as these, when justly used, may be of the greatest benefit, when they're unjustly used, they can cause harm.
- There have been times where I thought we were kind of, you know, slapped around a little bit unjustly.
- If it was me who was being persecuted or unjustly treated, I would want someone to help me.
- A lot of these instances occur because police have using their firearm unjustly.
- But if we look at humans in general and Jordan Peterson, I think unjustly incorrectly brought up Auschwitz.
- So he says we cannot be saved otherwise unless we confess the sins we we unjustly or negligently have done.
Examples
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If it was me who was being persecuted or unjustly treated, I would want someone to help me.
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It's one that's sympathetic to people who have been unjustly treated.
Fiction book (1991) -
But to die so completely and unjustly after having given so much?
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You treated me unjustly over the-- about the woman.
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The law that condemned him unjustly to prison?
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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury... you see sitting before you a man accused unjustly of an act he did not commit.
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Do you feel you were unjustly tried as an accomplice?
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Your reputation as the Saint of the Jewish Community Center has been unjustly sullied.
Fiction book (1996) -
Thomas was a Domino's Pizza employee who was unjustly fired after being mugged on the job.
Blog text (5) -
The court found that she was unjustly accused of theft, which greatly affected her reputation.
Synonyms
85
1.8
In a way that treats people or things differently and not right
65
2.7
In a way that is not correct or fair
24
4.6
In a way that is unfair or against the law
11
4.1
In a way that is unfair or much too extreme
2
8.9
In a way that is very unfair or too harsh
2
7.0
In a way that has no good reason
1
8.0
In a way that is not fair or right
1
8.0
In a way that treats people unfairly
1
8.2
Without a good reason or any right to do it
1
8.2
In a way that harms someone or gives them less chance of success
In a way that is wrong or unfair
In a way that is very unfair and morally wrong
In a way that has no good reason
Antonyms
How Just
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unjustly is formed from un- ('not') and just ('fair'), the same root you see in justice, with -ly turning it into a word that tells how something is done. So, to act unjustly is to act 'not fair', in other words in an unfair way.