Sentence examples for act unjustly from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "act unjustly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe behavior that is unfair or morally wrong.
Example: "The committee decided to act unjustly by excluding certain members from the voting process."
Alternatives: "behave unfairly" or "conduct oneself immorally".

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They want to ensure that managers will never have the discretion to act unjustly again.

The real error of the court's federalism decisions is that "the states are permitted to act unjustly" behind the shield of sovereign immunity.

So Miliband should "do God" in the sense that he should take on the churches and other faith groups where they act unjustly, and work with them when they work for justice.

And third, in the story of what's called the statues scrubbed, or the inverted story, that even if you weren't convinced by the Gyges story, surely if justice produced a bad reputation, and injustice a good one, that you would want to act unjustly.

Pity, for example, may motivate a judge to act unjustly.

But equally, no generation is free to act unjustly.

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It's the story of the inversion, and he says this. Suppose the person who acts justly is perceived by everyone as acting unjustly, and the person who acts unjustly is perceived as acting justly.

But I mean, I guess what springs to mind is the obvious stuff: Say something when a person acts unjustly, and make them stop.

A real estate investor filed a federal lawsuit against Suffolk County today, charging that county lawmakers acted unjustly when they refused to sell him land because of crimes committed by his son.

If your brother acts unjustly, don't lay hold on the action by the handle of his injustice, for by that it cannot be carried; but by the opposite, that he is your brother, that he was brought up with you; and thus you will lay hold on it, as it is to be carried.

Hence, one acts unjustly if one fails to comply with the state's commands.

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