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unfair

/ʌnˈfɛɚ/

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What does unfair mean?

adjective

  1. Not just.
More meanings (4)

adjective

  1. (archaic, rare) Not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive.
  2. (archaic, obsolete) Sorrowful; sad.
  3. (archaic) Unseemly; disgraceful.

verb

  1. (obsolete) to make ugly

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IPA pronunciation

/ʌnˈfɛɚ/

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After you have been unfair to him he will love you again, but will never afterwards be quite the same boy.
J. M. (James Matthew) BarriePeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]Project Gutenberg ebook #16
It is the aim of progressive education to take part in correcting unfair privilege and unfair deprivation, not to perpetuate them.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
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Only the inefficiency of the State laws or an unfair partisan administration of them could suggest a departure from this policy.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
To penalize a yacht in proportion to the fineness of her performance is unfair to the craft and to her men.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058
Even supposing the object of the rioters to be fair and legal, they were not authorized to carry it by unfair means.
Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #636