Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unjustified

/əndʒˈʌstəfˌaɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: un-jus-ti-fied
IPA: /əndʒˈʌstəfˌaɪd/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not justified, having no justification, unwarranted.

adj

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)

verb

simple past and past participle of unjustify

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: unjustifiable"
"the unjustified killing of an innocent"
"Modern sceptical historians are happy to write Dark Age history without naming kings and warleaders of the period, and it seems quite unjustified to take Gildas to task for doing the same thing."
"US President Joe Biden condemned Russia’s “unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces” in a statement Wednesday evening following explosions in Ukraine."
"unjustified text in a wordprocessor"

Etymology

From un- + justified.

Inflected Forms

more unjustified (comparative) most unjustified (superlative)

Derived Forms

unjustifiedly unjustifiedness

Synonyms

unjustifiable undue unwarranted

Antonyms

justified

Rhymes With

justified

Questions

How do you pronounce unjustified?: The recorded pronunciation is /əndʒˈʌstəfˌaɪd/.
What does unjustified mean?: Not justified, having no justification, unwarranted.
Where does unjustified come from?: From un- + justified.

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