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# injustice

«injustice» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **unfairness: a situation where people are not treated…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (injustice, injustices)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Injustice is unfairness: a situation where people are not treated equally or are not given what they deserve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/#m1)

2) An injustice is a particular unfair act, such as punishing the wrong person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means unfairness or wrong, and Job and Proverbs contrast it with righteousness. Interpretation: Tradition prizes justice highly and teaches that even a little gained honestly is better than wealth gained by wrong. In the primary lessons: In ethics, history and RE lessons, pupils learn about injustices such as slavery, unequal rights and poverty, and people who fought injustice, like Martin Luther King. In stories, injustice drives the plot: the hero is wrongly blamed. Phrases: «a sense of injustice», «fight injustice», «a great injustice», «do someone an injustice» (judge them unfairly).

### examples

- Is there injustice on my tongue? (Writings JOB.6.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/#x1)
- Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. (Writings PRO.16.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/#x2)
- Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous. (Writings JOB.6.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/#x3)
- Martin Luther King fought against the injustice of racism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/#x4)
- It was an injustice to blame Tom for the broken window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/#x5)
- She felt a burning sense of injustice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/#x6)
- Slavery was a terrible injustice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/#x7)
- Many people work to end injustice in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/#x8)
- You do him an injustice: he is kinder than you think. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/#x9)
- A Man once saw a ship go down with all its crew, and commented severely on the injustice of the gods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/#x10)

### note

Can be uncountable (injustice in general) or countable (an injustice, injustices). Opposite: «justice». Adjective «unjust». The prophets in the Bible often spoke out against injustice to the poor.

### In the corpora

- [Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.451/)
- [Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.147/)
- [Is there injustice on my tongue?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.148/)
- [Prophets were messengers who spoke God's word: they warned kings and people about injustice and gave hope in hard times.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/0/)
- [Prophets were messengers who spoke God's word, warned against injustice and gave hope.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «injustice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/injustice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.