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say it: uhn-JUHST
unjust is an adjective meaning "not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception". It is pronounced /ənˈdʒʌst/ — uhn-JUHST. It carries 3 recorded senses.
not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception
“used unfair methods”
“it was an unfair trial”
“took an unfair advantage”
violating principles of justice
“unjust punishment”
“an unjust judge”
“an unjust accusation”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for unjust come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.