unjust

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Class-action lawsuits already are alleging unjust enrichment, as many companies that passed along tariffs to consumers through higher prices are now getting refunds.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Those suits accuse the firms of being poised to be in a position of "unjust enrichment", getting money back from the government even though they had already passed on the costs.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Immigrant-rights advocates argued the repeal of the special protection would be cruel and unjust to migrants who have established lives and careers in this country.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

"The charges are unjust, they are false, and I am innocent," Claudio Villamide, commander of the submarine force at the time of the tragedy, told the court in the far-southern Patagonian city of Rio Gallegos.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

He was proud, sardonic, harsh to inferiority of every description: in my secret soul I knew that his great kindness to me was balanced by unjust severity to many others.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë