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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin injūstus. Equivalent to in- + juste.
Pronunciation
Adjective
injuste (plural injustes)
- unjust; unfair
- Antonym: juste
2020, Gaëlle Pingault, Les cœurs imparfaits, page 14:Il a pensé que c’était injuste qu’on soit plus souvent touché par ce qui arrive aux beaux qu’aux laids.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Latin
Etymology 1
injūstus + -ē
Pronunciation
Adverb
injūstē (comparative injūstius, superlative injūstissimē)
- Alternative spelling of iniūstē
References
- “injustē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “iniūstē”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- injustē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 823/1.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Adjective
injūste
- vocative masculine singular of injūstus