injustice
noun/ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs/
[uncountable, countable]Слово англійською: injustice
Переклад injustice українською: несправедливість
Детальний опис
- the fact of a situation being unfair and of people not being treated equally; an unfair act or an example of unfair treatment
- We are committed to fighting against poverty and injustice.
- a burning sense of injustice
- Social and political injustice seemed to be getting worse rather than better.
- She was enraged at the injustice of the remark.
- The report exposes the injustices of the system.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin injustitia, from in- ‘not’ + justus ‘just, right’.
Idioms
do yourself/somebody an injustice
- to judge yourself/somebody unfairly
- We may have been doing him an injustice. This work is good.
- Perhaps I'm doing you an injustice.