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άδικα
unjustly /ˈa.ði.ka/
adverbC1#3908 most common
Also: unfairly, wrongfully, needlessly, for no good reason
Example sentences
Ο δάσκαλος με τιμώρησε άδικα.
The teacher punished me unfairly.
Μην κατηγορείς τον φίλο σου άδικα.
Don't accuse your friend unjustly.
Πιστεύω ότι έχασε τη δουλειά του άδικα.
I believe he lost his job unfairly.
Ο αθλητής αποβλήθηκε άδικα από τον αγώνα.
The athlete was unfairly disqualified from the match.
Πέθανε τόσο νέος και άδικα σε ένα ατύχημα.
He died so young and so needlessly, in an accident.
Πολλοί άνθρωποι υποφέρουν άδικα εξαιτίας συστημάτων που ευνοούν τους λίγους.
Many people suffer unjustly because of systems that favor the few.
Word family
άδικοςunjust, unfair
αδικίαinjustice, wrongαδικώto wrong someone, to treat unjustly
δίκαιοςjust, fairδικαιοσύνηjusticeEtymology
Άδικα is built from the alpha-privative prefix ά- (not, without) attached to δίκη, the old Greek word for justice or right custom. The adjective άδικος means unjust, and its neuter plural form άδικα doubles as an adverb, a common pattern in Greek. So the word literally carries the sense of acting without justice.
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