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unfair
[ uhn-fair ]
adjective
- not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics:
an unfair law;
an unfair wage policy.
- disproportionate; undue; beyond what is proper or fitting:
an unfair share.
unfair
/ ʌnˈfɛə /
adjective
- characterized by inequality or injustice
- dishonest or unethical
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Derived Forms
- unˈfairly, adverb
- unˈfairness, noun
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Other Words From
- un·fairly adverb
- un·fairness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unfair1
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Example Sentences
He lambasts the case as without evidence, an unfair trial, and damaging for the American reputation.
Once again he accused the West of being unfair to Russia, bringing back his favorite metaphor, the Russian bear.
But it would be unfair to single out American diplomats for this ignorance.
“I think the attacks on Fareed are distorted, irresponsible, and unfair,” Weisberg emailed.
This double standard also seems to be rather flagrantly gender-based—grossly unfair to men and paternalistic toward women.
I am an old man who has never loved, and so it would be unfair of me to pass judgment upon lovers.
My affliction does not enter into the case, but I shall certainly advise her against such an unfair transaction as that.
I consider it a very unfair decisionunfair in every particular, proclaimed Lily Pendleton, after school.
Yet a month later that district had achieved an unenviable, and even unfair, reputation in this respect.
The second is entirely mine; and I think it rather unfair on the young man to couple his name with so infamous a work.
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