unjustとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈd͡ʒʌst/

• 韻: -ʌst

形容詞

unjust (comparative more unjust, superlative most unjust)

1. Not fair, just or right.

   The solution was very unjust.

   • 1593, anonymous, 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.

使用する際の注意点

• See the notes about injustice.

同意語

• unfair

反意語

• just

関連する語

• justice
• injustice