Unfair

Definition: Unfair

Unfair

Adjective

1. Showing favoritism.

2. Not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unfair" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1609. (references)

Synonyms: Unfair

Falsehood

Adjective: false, deceitful, mendacious, unveracious, fraudulent, dishonest, faithless, truthless, trothless; unfair, uncandid; hollow-hearted; evasive; uningenuous, disingenuous; hollow, sincere, Parthis mendacior; forsworn.

Improbity

False-hearted, disingenuous; unfair, one-sided; double, double-hearted, double-tongued, double-faced; timeserving, crooked, tortuous,insidious, Machiavelian, dark, slippery; fishy; perfidious, treacherous, perjured.

Wrong

Adjective: wrong, wrongful; bad, too bad; unjust, unfair; inequitable, unequitable; unequal, partial, one-sided; injurious, tortious.

Crosswords: Unfair

German (unequable, unfair, unfairly, unright, unsporting, wrong).

It's unfair you presume I won't be able to learn (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

I know you must think this is all very unfair. Maybe that's an understatement (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;)

That's unfair. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

Call this an unfair generalization if you must, but old people are no good at everything (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

That is so unfair! (Kingdom Hearts; writing credit: Billy Gallo; Robert Gillings)

It seem so unfair when there's love everywhere (SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK; performing artist: Rod Stewart)

I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair (Affirmation; performing artist: Savage Garden)

The Unfair Sex (1926)

An Unfair Game (1910)

Unfair Game (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Unfair Advantage (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Guide To Unfair Labour Practices (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Unfair Game (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Unfair Dance [IMPORT] (reference)

• Unfair Kind of Fame [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

AFL-CIO unfair to organized labor. Credit: Library of Congress.

Shell unfair : please don't buy Shell products; please return your credit card. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Germany undertakes to adopt all the necessary legislative and administrative measures to protect goods the produce or manufacture of any one of the Allied and Associated Powers from all forms of unfair competition in commercial transactions. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This of course would be very unfair on A, though a correct solution under the given conditions

But it was unfair and cruel

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

This puts an unfair burden on the sick child and delays treatment. (references)

Your employer may be violating laws that protect you from unfair practices. (references)

Business

In order to prevent dumping and unfair competition, Argentina has restricted imports of used medical equipment. (references)

Women have continued, however, to report discrimination, sexual harassment, unfair dismissal, demotion, and wage discrepancies. (references)

One of the ways undertaken by the government to re-address unfair discrimination and marginalization has been through affirmative action in the workplace. (references)

Civil Liberties

Trinidad and Tobago

For its part, the Government sometimes charges unfair treatment by the media, which the press views as unwarranted criticism. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

In addition Osh Television was engaged in an ongoing dispute with the tax authorities over what it considers unfair tax assessments. (references)

Croatia

These subsidies created an unfair advantage over independent television stations whose financial resources and ability to purchase programming was limited. (references)

Economic History

Israel

Israel has a law against unfair competition. (references)

Armenia

Unfair or inaccurate advertising is prohibited. (references)

Armenia

The agreement also includes protection against unfair competition. (references)

Human Rights

Slovak Republic

Most of the requests were for compensation for unfair job loss and failure to have property restituted. (references)

South Africa

Such complaints generally take the form of concerns over lost pension checks or unfair hiring practices. (references)

Moldova

They were convicted of murder in 1993 in a trial that international human rights groups considered biased and unfair. (references)

Indigenous People

Cameroon

While no legal discrimination exists, other groups often treat Pygmies as inferior and sometimes subject them to unfair and exploitative labor practices. (references)

Minorities

Armenia

Nonetheless, Yezidis and Ukrainians complained of unfair treatment in regard to forced military service. (references)

Hungary

MAZSIHISZ and international Jewish organizations criticized as unfair a 1998 decision by the Government to provide $128 (30,000 HUF) each to the heirs of Holocaust victims. (references)

Political Economy

Turkmenistan

Prolonged pretrial detention and unfair trials remained problems. (references)

TAIWAN

Taiwan regulators have begun to address such unfair trading practices. (references)

PHILIPPINES

Dismissal of a union official or worker trying to organize a union is considered an unfair labor practice. (references)

Political Rights

Ghana

The EC refused on the grounds that this would make competition for parliamentary seats unfair. (references)

Moldova

Local observers reported that the actual voting was unfair, with considerable ballot box stuffing. (references)

Trade

Argentina

The objective was to modernize customs service and control, to raise fiscal incomes, and to combat unfair competition through the elimination of under- and over-invoicing. (references)

Women

South Africa

The law specifically prohibits FGM as unfair discrimination. (references)

South Africa

Domestic workers usually do not have contracts with their employers and have little recourse for unfair treatment or abuse. (references)

Slovak Republic

The Center deals mainly with claims of unfair treatment of women in the workplace; however, it also focused on mobilization and job creation for women. (references)

Worker Rights

United Kingdom

The maximum compensation level for unfair dismissal claims is $80,000 (50,000 pounds). (references)

Lesotho

Some employers allegedly refused sick-pay leave and engaged in unfair dismissal practices. (references)

Namibia

The law also empowers the Labor Court to remedy unfair labor practices and explicitly forbids unfair dismissals. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "unfair": be unfair to smb. ♦ unfair calling cover ♦ unfair competition ♦ unfair dismissal ♦ unfair pricing practices ♦ unfair trade practices. Additional references.

Albanian

i pakufishëm (boundless, go-as-you-please, illimitable, last ditch, limitless, termless, unlimited, unmeasured), i padrejtë (foul, inequitable, iniquitous, injurious, inofficious, jug-handled, one sided, partial, unjust, wrong, wrongful). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مغرض (biased, one sided, partial, prejudiced, tendentious), ‏غير منصف (inequitable), ‏غير أمين (cross, dishonest), ‏جائر (inequitable, iniquitous, oppressive, unjust, unworthy, wanton, wrongful), ‏ظالم (exploiter, inequitable, iniquitous, oppressive, tyrannous, unequal, unjust, wrongful). (various references)

Bulgarian 

несправедлив (inequitable, iniquitous, one-legged, partial, raw, unjust, unrighteous, wrong, wrongful), нечестен (cammed, crooked, devious, dishonest, dishonorable, dishonourable, dodgy, faithless, false, ignominious, low down, screwy, twisty, wildcat), нелоялен (disloyal, unfaithful, unsportsmanlike), неправилен (abnormal, anomalous, awry, defective, erroneous, false, faulty, improper, incorrect, injudicious, irregular, lame, mis-, mistaken, unequal, untrue, vicious, wrongful), пристрастен (addicted, hooked, interested, jug-handled, one sided, partial, partisan, tendentious). (various references)

Catalan

injust (unjust). (various references)

Chinese 

不公平 , 不公 (unjust), 不合理 (irrational). (various references)

Czech

nespravedlivý (inequitable, iniquitous, uncalled for, unjust, unrighteous, wrongful), neférový. (various references)

Danish

uretfærdig (unjust). (various references)

Dutch

onredelýk (unjust), onrechtvaardig (unjust). (various references)

Farsi 

نامساعد(درموردباد), ناهموار (Bumpy, Jagged, Ragged, Rough, Rude, Rugged, Scaly, Uneven), نادرست (Amiss, Dishonest, Erroneous, False, Foul, Imprecise, Impure, Inaccurate, Incorrect, Inexact, Jackleg, Sinister, Spurious, Unsound, Untrue, Vicious), غیرمنصفانه (Horse, Inequitable, Unjust), بی انصاف (Unjust). (various references)

Finnish

väärä (bent, crooked, false, faulty, incorrect, mis, twisted, untrue, wrong, wrongful), kohtuuton (excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, immoderate, unreasonable), kohtuuhinta (excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, immoderate, unreasonable), epäoikeudenmukainen (unjust, wrongful). (various references)

French

injuste (unjust). (various references)

German

unfair (unequable, unfairly, unright, unsporting, wrong). (various references)

Greek 

μεροληπτικόσ (biassed, discriminatory, partial, tendentious), άδικοσ (inequitable, inequitous, underserved, undue, unjust, unmerited, unrighteous, wrong, wrongful), αθέμιτοσ (illegal, illegitimate, illicit). (various references)

Hebrew 

לא �"ו�'ן (beyond the pale, indecent, undue), לא צו�"ק (inequitable, invidious, unjust, wrong, wrongful). (various references)

Hungarian

tisztességtelen (crooked, dishonest, dishonorable, foul, twisty, unprincipled), igazságtalan (criticaster, one-sided, stiff, unjust, wrongful, wrongous). (various references)

Indonesian

selingkuh (dishonest), secara tak wajar. (various references)

Italian

sleale (disloyal, faithless, treacherous, unequable, unequably, unfairly, unright), scorretto (foul, impolite, incorrect, rude, vicious, wrong), ingiusto (unjust, wrongful). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

酷 (harsh, rigorous, severe, strict, stringent), 片手落ち (one-sided, partial), 汚らわしい　 (filthy), 汚らわしい (filthy), アンド回路 (ambassador, amber, ambiance, ambivalence, ambulance, amp, amphetamine, amplifier, ampoule, AND circuit, boredom, enfants terribles, impromptu, umber, umbrella cut, umpire, unbalance, unbelievable, unhappy, unparser, unplayable), 不平等 (inequality, unequal), 不�" (impropriety, injustice, invalid, undeservedness, unreasonableness). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふびょうどう (inequality, unequal), ふとう (disparity, ice-free, impropriety, indomitableness, inequality, inflexible, injustice, invalid, nonparticipation, pier, tenacity, unbending, undeservedness, unreasonableness), かたておち (one-sided, partial), �"く (ancient expression, carving, cutting, engraving, harsh, old poem, rigorous, severe, strict, stringent, time, victory, volume measure), アンフェア , けがらわしい (filthy). (various references)

Korean 

불공평한. (various references)

Manx

neuyeeragh (circuitous, crooked, indirect), neuchairagh (improper). (various references)

Papiamen

inhusto (unjust). (various references)

Pig Latin

airunfay.(various references)

Polish

niesprawiedliwy (unjust). (various references)

Portuguese

parcial (biased, cammed, colored, coloured, discriminatory, half, lopsided, one-sided, Parthian, partial, tendentious), não razoável (cammed), injusto (cammed, causeless, inequitable, one-sided, partial, uncharitable, unconscionable, undeserved, undue, unjust, unrighteous, wrong, wrongful), falso (apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bastard, bogus, brummagem, buckram, cammed, canting, counterfeit, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, dummy, erroneous, faked, false, flash, hollow-hearted, imitation, insincere, lying, mendacious, mock, off-key, ostensible, painted, phoney, phony, pinchbeck, pretended, professed, self-styled, shifty, shoddy, simulated, sklent, slippery, slippy, snaky, snide, so-called, spurious, supposititious, traitorous, treacherous, truthless, two-faced, two-tongued, untrue, untrustworthy, wrong), desonesto (cambered, crooked, devious, dishonest, drossy, false, immodest, impure, knavish, light-fingered, low-down, nasty, shady, sharp, shifty, thievish, tortuous, unchaste, unfaithful, untrustworthy), desleal (cammed, devious, dishonest, disloyal, faithless, false, hollow-hearted, recreant, shifty, traitorous, treacherous, treasonable, trustless, truthless, unfaithful, untrustworthy). (various references)

Romanian

nedrept (foully, iniquitous, injurious, inofficious, perverse, undue, unjust, unlawful, wicked, wrong, wrongful), necinstit (crooked, dirty, dishonest, dishonestly, disingenuous, faithless, foul, fraudulent, knavish, knavishly, low down, meretricious, perfidious, raw, rotten, unfaithful, unlawful), injust (injurious, unjust), greşit (abroad, Amiss, astray, awry, bad, badly, erroneous, erroneously, fallacious, false, faultily, faulty, incorrect, misled, mistaken, out of square, perverse, spurious, unjust, unlawful, vicious, wrong, wrongheaded). (various references)

Russian 

нечестный (cammed, crooked, dirty, dishemest, dishonest, dodgy, foul, mean, rascally, snide). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nepravičan (unjust), nepravedan (inequitable, shabby, unjust, unrighteous, wrongful), nelojalan (disloyal). (various references)

Spanish

injusto (hard, inequitable, iniquitous, invidious, monstrous, one sided, unjust, unrighteous, wrong, wrongful). (various references)

Swedish

orättvis (foul, inequitable, iniquitous, invidious, unjust). (various references)

Turkish

taraflı (biased, biassed, colored, coloured, interested, one sided, one way, partial, prejudiced, sided, tendentious, warped), insafsız (confiscatory, cutthroat, fell, heartless, inequitable, inhumane, iniquitous, merciless, relentless, ruthless, unconscientious, unconscionable, unfeeling, unjust, unkind, unmerciful, wrongful), hileli (dishonest, false, fraudulent, sharp, tortuous, trick, trickish, tricksy, tricky, twisty), haksız (false, gratuitous, ill gotten, inequitable, iniquitous, insupportable, invidious, raw, tortious, uncalled for, undeserved, unearned, unequal, unjust, unjustified, unmerited, unrighteous, unwarranted, wrong, wrongful). (various references)

Turkmen 

ynsapsyz (unconscious, unjust). (various references)

Ukrainian

несправедливий (inequitable, iniquitous, injurious, one sided, unjust, unrighteous, wrong), нечесний (bad, bum, cammed, crooked, dishonest, sharking, shifty, sinister, snide, untrue), неправильний (anomalous, awry, bad, barbarous, illegitimate, improper, incorrect, irregular, unequal, unlawful, untrue, wrong, wrongful). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thái quá (consumedly, immoderate, overly), quá mức (excessive, extravagant, far-gone, inordinate, out-of-bounds, overly, undue, unduly), không công bằng (inequitable, wrongful), không đúng đắn; gian t� , gian lận quá chừng, bất công (wrongful). (various references)

Welsh

annheg. (various references)

iniqua, iniquae, iniquam, iniquas, inique, iniqui, iniquis, iniquissimas, iniquius, iniquo, iniquorum, iniquos, iniquum, iniquus, iniustus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "unfair": unfairer, unfairest, unfairly, unfairness, unfairnesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "unfair": funfair. (additional references)

Words containing "unfair": funfairs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Unfair" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Munawir, Nugahiro, ufar, unair, Uncaria, unfail, unfare, unpair, unrar. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: furan, infra.

-2 letters: airn, fain, fair, faun, fiar, firn, naif, rain, rani, ruin, unai.

-3 letters: ain, air, ani, arf, fan, far, fin, fir, fun, fur, ran, ria, rif, rin, run, urn.

-4 letters: ai, an, ar, fa, if, in, na, nu, un.

+1 letter: antifur, funfair, ruffian.

+2 letters: figurant, francium, fraulein, funfairs, infrugal, ruffians, trainful, unafraid, unfairer, unfairly, unifilar.

+3 letters: antifraud, argufying, favouring, featuring, figurants, flauntier, franciums, frauleins, funicular, furcating, furcation, furnacing, infuriate, nefarious, ruffianly, surfacing, trainfuls, ultrafine, unfairest.

+4 letters: ausforming, defrauding, fairground, figuration, flavouring, floribunda, fluorinate, foraminous, fracturing, fraughting, fricandeau, fruitarian, fundraiser, funiculars, furanoside, furcations, gauffering, infrahuman, infuriated, infuriates, infusorian, microfauna, nitrofuran, painfuller, quantifier, ragamuffin, refutation, ruffianism, surfacings, unfairness, unfamiliar, unfavorite.