Just vs. Unjust

Factually right, correct; factual.

Example: ‘It is a just assessment of the facts.’;

Rationally right, correct.

Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.

Example: ‘It looks like a just solution at first glance.’;

Proper, adequate.

Only, simply, merely.

Example: ‘Plant just a few tomatoes, unless you can freeze or dry them.’; ‘He calls it vermilion, but it's just red to me.’;

(sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.

Example: ‘Just follow the directions on the box.’;

(speech act) Used to convey a less serious or formal tone

Example: ‘I just called to say "hi".’;

(speech act) Used to show humility.

Example: ‘Lord, we just want to thank You and praise Your Name.’;

(degree) absolutely, positively

Example: ‘It is just splendid!’;

Moments ago, recently.

Example: ‘They just left, but you may leave a message at the desk.’;

By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.

Example: ‘The fastball just missed my head!’; ‘The piece just might fit.’;

Exactly, precisely, perfectly.

Example: ‘He wants everything just right for the big day.’;

(slang) Expressing dismay or discontent.

A joust, tournament.

To joust, fight a tournament.

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; - said both of persons and things.

Example: ‘There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.’; ‘Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have.’; ‘How should man be just with God?’; ‘We know your grace to be a man.Just and upright.’;

Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference.

Example: ‘Just of thy word, in every thought sincere.’; ‘The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordshipTo meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies.’; ‘He was a comely personage, a little above just stature.’; ‘Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat.’; ‘When allThe war shall stand ranged in its just array.’; ‘Their names alone would make a just volume.’;

Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.

Example: ‘Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it themselves.’;

Precisely; exactly; - in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.

Example: ‘And having just enough, not covet more.’; ‘The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast.’; ‘To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one.’;

Closely; nearly; almost.

Example: ‘Just at the point of death.’;

Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.

Example: ‘A soft Etesian galeBut just inspired and gently swelled the sail.’;

To joust.

A joust.

used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting;

Example: ‘a just and lasting peace’; ‘a kind and just man’; ‘a just reward’; ‘his just inheritance’;

implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all;

Example: ‘equitable treatment of all citizens’; ‘an equitable distribution of gifts among the children’;

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules;

Example: ‘a fair referee’; ‘fair deal’; ‘on a fair footing’; ‘a fair fight’; ‘by fair means or foul’;

of moral excellence;

Example: ‘a genuinely good person’; ‘a just cause’; ‘an upright and respectable man’; ‘the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous’;

and nothing more;

Example: ‘I was merely asking’; ‘it is simply a matter of time’; ‘just a scratch’; ‘he was only a child’; ‘hopes that last but a moment’;

indicating exactness or preciseness;

Example: ‘he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do’; ‘it was just as he said--the jewel was gone’; ‘it has just enough salt’;

only a moment ago;

Example: ‘he has just arrived’; ‘the sun just now came out’;

absolutely;

Example: ‘I just can't take it anymore’; ‘he was just grand as Romeo’; ‘it's simply beautiful!’;

by a small margin;

Example: ‘they could barely hear the speaker’; ‘we hardly knew them’; ‘just missed being hit’; ‘had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open’; ‘would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave’;

Not fair, just or right.

Example: ‘The solution was very unjust.’;

Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.

Contrary to justice and right; prompted by a spirit of injustice; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence; an unjust demand; an unjust accusation.

not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception;

Example: ‘used unfair methods’; ‘it was an unfair trial’; ‘took an unfair advantage’;

violating principles of justice;

Example: ‘unjust punishment’; ‘an unjust judge’; ‘an unjust accusation’;

not equitable or fair;

Example: ‘the inequitable division of wealth’; ‘inequitable taxation’;

not righteous;

Example: ‘`unjust' is an archaic term for `unrighteous'’;