unjustified

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

unjustified

Where it comes from

From un- + justified.

adjective more unjustified · most unjustified

  1. Not justified, having no justification, unwarranted. Near-synonym: unjustifiable

    Similar: unjustifiable · Opposite: justified

  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) unjustified text in a wordprocessor

    Opposite: justified

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of unjustify

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: unwarranted, unreasonable, undue, groundless, unsubstantiated, ill-founded, unfounded, unjustifiable, inequitable, baseless, unprovoked, inexcusable, unjust, unfair, untenable, ineligible

Translations

Every language

adj unwarranted

Españolinjustificado, sin justificación
中文無理由的 /无理由的 wú lǐyóu de, 不正當的 /不正当的 bù zhèngdàng de
Françaisinjustifié
Deutschunbegründet, ungerechtfertigt
Ελληνικάαδικαιολόγητος adikaiológitos, αβάσιμος avásimos
Русскийнеопра́вданный neoprávdannyj

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"unjustified." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unjustified. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

unjustified. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unjustified

Chicago

"unjustified." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unjustified.

BibTeX
@misc{unjustified_2026,
  title = {unjustified},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unjustified},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}