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# unjustly

«unjustly» in Mova's school dictionary: **treated unjustly, they are treated unfairly, in a way…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (unjustly)

### meaning for a pupil

If someone is treated unjustly, they are treated unfairly, in a way that is not right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a king or a rich uncle takes what belongs to someone else, and the hero makes him give it back

### examples

- She was punished unjustly for something her brother did. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustly/#x1)
- The old king had ruled unjustly for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustly/#x2)
- I felt I had been treated unjustly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unjustly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- ['How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1457/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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