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View synonyms for unfair

unfair

[ uhn-fair ]

adjective

  1. not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics:

    an unfair law;

    an unfair wage policy.

  2. disproportionate; undue; beyond what is proper or fitting:

    an unfair share.



unfair

/ ʌnˈfɛə /

adjective

  1. characterized by inequality or injustice
  2. dishonest or unethical
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • unˈfairly, adverb
  • unˈfairness, noun
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Other Words From

  • un·fairly adverb
  • un·fairness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unfair1

First recorded before 900; 1705–15 unfair fordef 1; Middle English: “uncomely, ugly”; Old English unfæger; cognate with Old Norse ūfagr; un- 1 + fair 1
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Example Sentences

I think that this information is really important so that there’s not unfair pay.

Cardona then said he thought it “would be unfair to compare” states with high and low NAEP test scores and assume that class sizes didn’t matter, saying that some communities may have more resources than others.

This is unfair to the players, who rightfully think the game will be called the same way in the second half as it was in the first.

However, if the Code, in its current form, becomes law, it may end up favoring larger publishers over smaller ones and providing one vertical with an inherently unfair advantage in the search results.

“It’s so unfair to those who want to receive a vaccine,” she said.

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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