† inˈjust, a. Obs.
[a. F. injuste (14th c., Oresme), ad. L. injūstus, f. in- (in-3) + jūstus just.]
Not just; opposed to justice; = unjust.
| c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems, Hors, Shepe, & G. (Percy Soc.) 120 Injuste promocioune and parcialite. 1491 Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) ii. 184 b/2 The wethers represente the Iniuste & wycked. 1598 Spenser in Grosart Spenser's Wks. I. 539 Iniuste and dishonorable meanes. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xi. 130 The quarrell of Origen was injust and his conception erroneous. 1711 Hearne Collect. III. 186 Plainly shewing how injust they had been. |