injustice

[US]/ɪn'dʒʌstɪs/
[UK]/ɪn'dʒʌstɪs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. unfairness; treatment of others with injustice; being treated unjustly

Phrases & Collocations

social injustice

fight against injustice

victims of injustice

racial injustice

economic injustice

Example Sentences

the injustice of the death penalty.

the demonstrable injustices of racism.

social injustice—a breeder of revolutions.

an injustice that exercised the whole community.

the imperfections and injustices in our political system.

Cruelty an injustice often make our blood boil.

They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.

gross injustice. What isegregious is outrageously bad:

These injustices embittered her even more.

He was framed by the real criminals and became the victim of the evil and injustice.

socialism and anarchism emerged to offer organized protest against the injustices of Spanish society.

Real-world Examples

" Dobby, " growled Harry; this injustice still rankled.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

He called the decision a “profound injustice.”

Source: VOA Special May 2016 Collection

There was simply so much injustice in the world, tangling root and branch, ever growing.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

It seems safer to bear the injustice.

Source: Lean In

I regret the injustice which I did you.

Source: The Sign of the Four

" It would be injustice to hesitate, " said he.

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

There's so much bad; there's so much injustice.

Source: Listening Digest

My virtue was false, because I rewarded your injustice.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

This is unbelievable injustice, unbelievable. Please help us, please, OK? Now, please.

Source: NPR News August 2015 Compilation

In another, the leader does nothing to address the injustice.

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American May 2020 Collection

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