noun
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the condition or practice of being unjust or unfair
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an unjust act
Other Word Forms
- superinjustice noun
Etymology
Origin of injustice
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin injūstitia; equivalent to in- 3 + justice
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Example Sentences
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"Maybe a little bit of injustice. I've not watched it back. I saw it on the big screen and I was thinking it looks like his hand is beside his side," he said.
From BBC
Maura Higgins has openly complained about missing out, venting about the injustice of arriving to find — once again — that the salmon was gone.
From Salon
"In the end, unrighteousness and injustice are defeated and truth alone prevails," Kejriwal said.
From BBC
Its emotional descriptions of slavery’s injustices caught the public’s attention.
From Literature
Over the last five decades, new coverage of racial injustice or Black politics almost inevitably included a quote from Jackson.
From Salon
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