Unfair
[ʌn'feə] or ['ʌn'fɛr]
Definition
(adj.) not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; 'used unfair methods'; 'it was an unfair trial'; 'took an unfair advantage' .
Edited by Bernice--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To deprive of fairness or beauty.
(a.) Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unjust, inequitable, partial, dishonest, dishonorable, disingenuous, one-sided, insincere, uncandid, false, hypocritical, faithless, truthless.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wrongful, dishonest, unjust, disingenuous, trickish,[See_~
Editor: Woodrow
Definition
adj. not fair: dishonest: unequal.—v.t. (Shak.) to deprive of beauty.—adv. Unfair′ly.—n. Unfair′ness the state of being unfair dishonest or unjust.
Typist: Wilhelmina
Examples
- It would not be unfair to say that it is always the function of the Roosevelts to take from the Bryans. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He admitted that he had been unfair in the prosecution of the lawsuit, and urged Gutenberg to take his old place in their firm. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Who began it, or how fair it was, or how unfair, may be doubtful; but how it ended is certainly not doubtful, for the victim was found throttled. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It is really unfair to speak of the Marxian philosophy as a political force. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And now that I understand your question, I must pronounce it to be a very unfair one. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It is very unfair to judge of any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Wells has been savage and often unfair about the Fabian Society, but in The New Machiavelli he touched, I believe, the real disillusionment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- You are unfair and unjust. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I know I've been unfair to her at times--perhaps we all have. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The act was too unfair to stand, and after a time was repealed. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I do not wish to take any unfair advantage, and I beg therefore that you will take some days to consider of your determination. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- All here is so unprecedented, so changed, so sudden and unfair, that I am absolutely lost. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- This circumstance gave rise to exceedingly unfair and unjust criticisms of him when he became a candidate for the Presidency. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And it was worse than unfair for them to set on him as they threatened. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It is unfair, almost unkind, to urge it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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