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unˈjustified, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
†1. Not brought to justice; not punished or executed. Obs.
c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 5871 At þat day..loverds alswa [shall give account] of þair meigne Þe whilk þai lete uniustifyed be. 1564Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 306 He wald haif sauffit the sone of ane theif, being his tennent, unjustifiit, allegeand [him]..to be his awin. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. II. 202 Gif it be won, nocht ane in the castel, except the king sal chaip vniustifiet.
2. a. Not brought into a state of justification.
1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 308 If they have not Jus in re, then they are still unpardoned, and unjustified. 1661Papers Alter. Prayer-bk. 104 Those that by living in open sin, do shew themselves to be unjustifyed. 1701Beverley Glory of Grace 51 Let him be Unjustifyed still. 1828Webster (citing J. M. Mason).
b. Not cleared from a charge or imputation.
1678Dryden All for Love iv. iv, I go Unjustifi'd, for ever from your sight.
3. a. Not made exact or accurate.
1671–2T. Marshall in Hart Notes Cent. Typogr. Oxf. 166, I haue examined y⊇ unjustifyed Paragon Greek matrices.
b. With type not adjusted to fill up the line or produce an even margin.
1961Webster, Unjustified,..of a line of type: not adjusted properly to fill the measure. 1963Times 6 Mar. 9/6 The Oklahoma City Times published its regular editions today with type set entirely by computer... ‘Unjustified’ perforated tape, such as might be made by a reporter working on a special tape-producing typewriter, is fed into the computer, which cuts a perforated tape. 1971Sci. Amer. Aug. 116/2 This 300-page book, with..its text in unjustified typescript, indexes the work of the center. 1980C. Burke Printing Poetry iii. 32 Some..of the problems in a prose setting can be obviated by setting it ‘ragged right’, that is by leaving the right-hand margin unjustified.
4. Not proved to be right or proper; unwarranted.
In frequent use from c 1885.
1685Boyle Enq. Notion Nat. iv. 97 The boldness of these unjustified paradoxes. 1849Cobden Speeches 27, I hope I may not be considered as unjustified by precedent. 1885Law Times 23 May 62/1 The plaintiff's conduct..was unjustified. |