Standard Lemma guide

unjustified

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N JH AH1 S T AH0 F AY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not justified, having no justification, unwarranted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: unjustifiable
  • the unjustified killing of an innocent

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unjustifiable

Antonyms: justified

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not justified (of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, publishing, typography

Examples

  • unjustified text in a wordprocessor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: justified

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of unjustify

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

lacking justification or authorization

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • desire for undue private profit
  • unwarranted limitations of personal freedom

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: undue, unwarranted

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + justified.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: неапра́ўданы (njeapráwdany) — unwarranted
  • Belarusian: неапраўда́ны (njeaprawdány) — unwarranted
  • Bulgarian: неопра́вдан (neoprávdan) — unwarranted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無理由的 /无理由的 (wú lǐyóu de) — unwarranted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不正當的 /不正当的 (bù zhèngdàng de) — unwarranted
  • Finnish: epäoikeutettu — unwarranted
  • French: injustifié — unwarranted
  • Galician: inxustificado — unwarranted
  • Georgian: გაუმართლებელი (gaumartlebeli) — unwarranted
  • German: unbegründet — unwarranted
  • German: ungerechtfertigt — unwarranted
  • Greek: αδικαιολόγητος (adikaiológitos) — unwarranted
  • Greek: αβάσιμος (avásimos) — unwarranted
  • Manx: gyn oyr — unwarranted
  • Manx: aggairagh — unwarranted
  • Māori: pokerehū — unwarranted
  • Polish: bezpodstawny — unwarranted
  • Polish: bezzasadny — unwarranted
  • Polish: nieuzasadniony — unwarranted
  • Russian: неопра́вданный (neoprávdannyj) — unwarranted
  • Spanish: injustificado — unwarranted
  • Spanish: sin justificación — unwarranted
  • Ukrainian: неви́правданий (nevýpravdanyj) — unwarranted
Real reading context

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