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injusto

unfair, unjust

adjective een-HOOS-toh Rare
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Usage Note

Injusto is the direct antonym of justo and is one of the most common words for 'unfair' in Spanish. It agrees in gender and number: una decisión injusta, leyes injustas. The related noun is injusticia ('injustice'), and the adverb is injustamente. Use injusto for both moral unfairness and procedural unfairness.

Examples

"Le parece injusto que no le paguen igual."

Natural Translation

She finds it unfair that they don't pay her equally.

Literal Translation

It-seems-to-her unfair that not they-pay her equally

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