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# unjustified

«unjustified» in Mova's school dictionary: **not fair or not reasonable; without a good reason** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Unjustified means not fair or not reasonable; without a good reason. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustified/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and ethics lessons, unjustified punishment or anger is unfair. In news and law, unjustified claims have no reason behind them. Phrases: unjustified anger, completely unjustified.

### examples

- The punishment was unjustified. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustified/#x1)
- His anger at me was unjustified. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustified/#x2)
- The price rise is unjustified. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustified/#x3)
- The referee's decision seemed unjustified. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustified/#x4)
- Your fears are unjustified. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustified/#x5)
- It was an unjustified attack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustified/#x6)

### note

Prefix un- + justified. Opposite: justified, fair. Similar: unfair, unwarranted.

### Trees and pragmatics

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