unlevel
Britishadjective
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not level
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unfair or inequitable; giving one person or group an unfair advantage
an unlevel playing field
Example Sentences
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Trade Representative Jamieson Greer stated that partners’ failure to address forced labor imports creates an unlevel playing field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
But copyright law and the inattention and lack of technological knowledge on the federal bench have combined to create an unlevel playing field on which small-time infringers or innocent targets can get trampled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Modest changes could greatly reduce the vulnerability to competition on an unlevel playing field.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
“It just seems like there’s a really unlevel playing field in the market,” State Senator Phil King said in a hearing this year.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
I found extremely hard walking as I advanced through tangled underbrush, over unlevel ground, the night so dark in those shadows I could but barely perceive the outlines of a hand held before the eyes.
From Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" by Parrish, Randall
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