unfair
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæġer (“ugly”), equivalent to un- + fair.
Base: fair
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: unfairer
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more unfair
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: unfairest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most unfair
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not fair.
pos: adj
examples: It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends.
He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.
Cuphead built a reputation for difficulty before release, but its boss battles are mostly about recognizing patterns than getting lucky against unfair bosses. Watching players ace their way through the game’s bosses is a spellbinding reminder that even tough games can be defeated easily with hard work.
Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability."
gloss: Not fair.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
rare
gloss: Not fair.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
obsolete
gloss: Not fair.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
Related words: fair go
biased
cheating
discriminatory
dishonest
dishonorable
disproportionate
excessive
foul
invidious
partial
prejudiced
underhanded
unequal
unethical
uneven
unfavorable
unjust
unjustified
unwarranted
wrong
wrongful
Derived words: unfair competition
unfair dismissal
unfair list
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: անարդար
roman: anardar
lang: Belarusian
word: несправядлі́вы
roman: njespravjadlívy
lang: Bulgarian
word: несправедли́в
roman: nespravedlív
lang: Catalan
word: injust
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 不公平
roman: bùgōngpíng
lang: Czech
word: nespravedlivý
lang: Danish
word: uretfærdig
lang: Danish
word: ufin
lang: Esperanto
word: maljusta
lang: Finnish
word: epäreilu
lang: French
word: injuste
lang: French
word: déloyal
lang: German
word: unfair
lang: German
word: ungerecht
lang: Hungarian
word: méltánytalan
lang: Hungarian
word: igazságtalan
lang: Icelandic
word: ósanngjarn
lang: Italian
word: scorretto
lang: Italian
word: sleale
lang: Italian
word: ingiusto
lang: Japanese
word: 不公平
roman: fukōhei
lang: Japanese
word: ずるい
roman: zurui
lang: Khmer
word: មិនយុត្តិធម៌
roman: mɨn-yuttethɔə
lang: Korean
word: 불공평하다
roman: bulgongpyeonghada
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: neheq
lang: Latin
word: inīquus
lang: Luxembourgish
word: onfair
lang: Macedonian
word: нечесен
roman: nečesen
lang: Māori
word: makihuhunu
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: urettferdig
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: urettferdig
lang: Old English
word: unrihtwīs
lang: Polish
word: nieuczciwy
lang: Polish
word: niesprawiedliwy
lang: Portuguese
word: injusto
lang: Russian
word: несправедли́вый
roman: nespravedlívyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: неправичан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nepravičan
lang: Slovak
word: nespravodlivý
lang: Spanish
word: injusto
lang: Spanish
word: que no vale
lang: Spanish
word: inicuo
lang: Swedish
word: orättvis
lang: Turkish
word: adaletsiz
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: عدالتسز
roman: ʼadaletsiz
lang: Ukrainian
word: несправедли́вий
roman: nespravedlývyj
lang: Vietnamese
word: bất công
lang: Woiwurrung
word: ngaboon-noon-koorreen