gross injustice

collocation in English

meaningsofgrossandinjustice

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gross
adjective
adverb
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/ɡrəʊs/us
/ɡroʊs/
(in) ...
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injustice
noun[C or U]
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/ɪnˈdʒʌs.tɪs/us
/ɪnˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
(an example of) a situation in which there is no fairness ...
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(Definition ofgrossandinjusticefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgross injustice

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Either the groupings are a farce and agrossinjusticeto the people who are putting forward their agreements, or they are not that.
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It would be agrossinjusticeto the landlord.
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Obviously this is agrossinjustice.
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Was there ever such agrossinjustice?
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To refuse that to the motorists would be a verygrossinjustice.
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It is agrossinjusticethat the private owner should be made to suffer whilst the statutory company is exempt.
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It is, in fact, agrossinjusticeinflicted upon individual officers.
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If so a verygrossinjusticewill be done to the teachers, and others will also suffer in this respect.
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Why did they do nothing to help these people who have been the victims ofgrossinjusticein the past?
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It cannot apply, because it is clearly agrossinjusticeto charge the full fee simple for a period of less than thirty years.
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It seems to me agrossinjusticethat the people who depend on professional writing for a living get almost nothing from the public libraries.
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This means that an employer guilty of some misdemeanour would be able to continue hisgrossinjusticefar longer than he ought to do.
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Agrossinjusticehas been committed and somebody somewhere appears to be hiding behind the law instead of putting the error right.
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This kind of stark comparison underlines thegrossinjusticein the way in which we distribute our incomes in society.
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We must be careful not to act on a call for efficiency and delivergrossinjustice.
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There is no moregrossinjusticein this country than that directed against organised working people.
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Is he aware that the refusal to appoint an independent arbitrator to clear up this highly complicated matter has accentuated these feelings ofgrossinjustice?
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It is the most important statement ever to have been made in this field; because at long last agrossinjusticewas to be removed.
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I purpose taking other steps to endeavour to prevent thisgrossinjusticebeing done.
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Will he consider thegrossinjusticeto those who are just above income support?
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