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{
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"unjust":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": characterized by injustice : unfair":[],
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": dishonest , faithless":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The convict received an unjust sentence.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"No matter how unjust the allegations may be, keep your calm. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
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"Women will become ungovernable as these unjust laws begin to be the law of the land in states across the country. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
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"In response, Deputy District Attorney Kurt Mechals argued the questions raised by the defense are best sorted out by a jury, and dismissing it now would be unjust to Robert Dorotik. \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Supporters of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos say the sentence is deeply unjust and truck drivers around the country have taken up his cause, using hashtags like #NoTrucksToColorado and #NoTrucksColorado. \u2014 Colleen Slevin, ajc , 22 Dec. 2021",
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"This is an unjust and unstable structure, which will fall over. \u2014 Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books , 20 Nov. 2021",
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"The startling rise in the number of billionaires makes their Gilded Age privilege seem unjust . \u2014 Peter Georgescu, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
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"But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just\u2019s umbrella. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2021",
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"The violent police response at protests across the country, particularly the deployment of tear gas and rubber bullets, is prompting more people to see incarceration as an unjust , or at least flawed, system. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 6 June 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8j\u0259st"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235625",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"unjustifiable":{
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"antonyms":[
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"defensible",
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"excusable",
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"forgivable",
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"justifiable",
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"pardonable",
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"venial"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": unable to be justified : not excusable or justifiable":[
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"an unjustifiable decision",
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"taking an unjustifiable risk",
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"unjustifiable expenses"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The problem was only made worse when Russia\u2019s unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine cut off food and fuel exports. \u2014 Ben Ritz, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
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"Meanwhile, the remainder of the developed world seeks to wage financial war on the Russian state in order to punish it for its unjustifiable hostility and, above all, stop the fighting. \u2014 Tim Maurer, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
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"Russia attacked and invaded Ukraine a month ago, in what the U.S. and other Western nations have condemned as an unprovoked and unjustifiable assault. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"Russia\u2019s unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine has suddenly forced the new German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the ruling coalition to rethink these ties and our policy positions in a number of related areas. \u2014 Matthias Kromayer, Fortune , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"Putin\u2019s choice to make a totally unjustifiable war on Ukraine will have left Russia weaker and the rest of the world stronger. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2022",
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"Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin said on Twitter that the use of force was unjustifiable . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
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"Westminster exemplifies a national workplace drinks culture that long predates the pandemic, and has always put unjustifiable pressure on those who fear their career depends on participating. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"If an experiment has no chance of working, that all becomes unjustifiable . \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 7 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1674, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8j\u0259s-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b-\u0259-b\u0259l, -\u02ccj\u0259s-t\u0259-\u02c8f\u012b-",
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8j\u0259-st\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b-\u0259-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"indefensible",
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"inexcusable",
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"inexpiable",
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"insupportable",
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"unforgivable",
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"unpardonable",
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"unwarrantable"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092120",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"unjustified":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": not demonstrably correct or judicious : not warranted or appropriate":[
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"unjustified anger",
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"an unjustified punishment"
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],
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": not justified : such as":[],
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": not spaced to be even":[
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"unjustified lines of text",
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"an unjustified margin"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"President Putin sought to justify the unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine through the blatantly false pretext of de-Nazification. \u2014 Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
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"Bush oversaw the 2003 preemptive invasion of Iraq, which critics have called both brutal and unjustified . \u2014 al , 19 May 2022",
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"That generates frustration, which is not entirely unjustified , that the court isn't living up to its promise of institutional independence. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 4 May 2022",
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"Prosecutors argued that Rittenhouse was unjustified in using deadly force. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Nov. 2021",
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"In the public sphere, where PR practitioners earn our keep, the atmosphere and attention around these issues are charged to the point where any misstep, however small or seemingly unjustified , is never one a company can afford. \u2014 Robert Simpson, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
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"Whenever police find contraband during an unjustified frisk, any criminal prosecution that might follow could be jeopardized. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
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"Critics argued that Pankoke\u2019s team had made unjustified assumptions and relied too heavily on circumstantial evidence. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
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"Here, Putin has so clearly engaged in an unjustified assault on innocent people that the forces of resistance deserve more latitude in rallying support. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 11 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8j\u0259-st\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd",
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8j\u0259s-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032632",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"unjustness":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": characterized by injustice : unfair":[],
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": dishonest , faithless":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The convict received an unjust sentence.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"No matter how unjust the allegations may be, keep your calm. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
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"Women will become ungovernable as these unjust laws begin to be the law of the land in states across the country. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
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"In response, Deputy District Attorney Kurt Mechals argued the questions raised by the defense are best sorted out by a jury, and dismissing it now would be unjust to Robert Dorotik. \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Supporters of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos say the sentence is deeply unjust and truck drivers around the country have taken up his cause, using hashtags like #NoTrucksToColorado and #NoTrucksColorado. \u2014 Colleen Slevin, ajc , 22 Dec. 2021",
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"This is an unjust and unstable structure, which will fall over. \u2014 Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books , 20 Nov. 2021",
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"The startling rise in the number of billionaires makes their Gilded Age privilege seem unjust . \u2014 Peter Georgescu, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
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"But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just\u2019s umbrella. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2021",
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"The violent police response at protests across the country, particularly the deployment of tear gas and rubber bullets, is prompting more people to see incarceration as an unjust , or at least flawed, system. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 6 June 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8j\u0259st"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021258",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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}
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} |