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Definition: Unfairness |
UnfairnessNoun1. Partiality that is not fair or equitable. 2. Injustice by virtue of not being equitable. 3. An unjust act. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unfairness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1833. (references) |
Synonyms: UnfairnessSynonyms: inequity (n), iniquity (n), injustice (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: fairness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Falsehood | Unfairness; (dishonesty); artfulness; (cunning); misstatement; (error). |
Improbity | Perfidy; perfidiousness; Adjective: treachery, double dealing; unfairness; Adjective: knavery, roguery, rascality, foul play; jobbing, jobbery; graft, bribery; venality, nepotism; corruption, job, shuffle, fishy transaction; barratry, sharp practice, heads I win tails you lose; mouth honor; (flattery). |
Wrong | Injustice; tort; unfairness; Adjective: iniquity, foul play. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unfairness |
| English words defined with "unfairness": To trump up. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "unfairness": Dispute. (references) |
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| "Unfairness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unfairness" is used about 148 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 148 | 25,903 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "unfairness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غبن (inequity, injury, injustice), ظلم (abuse, aggrieve, darken, eclipse, extortion, gloom, grind, grow dark, inequality, inequity, iniquity, injustice, oppress, oppression, shadow, tyrannize, wrong). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不平 (grievance, indignant, injustice, resentful, wrong), 不合理性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | epäoikeudenmukaisuus (injustice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | injustice (unrighteousness), déloyauté. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Unbilligkeit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεροληψία (partiality, tendentiousness), άδικο (wrong). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | méltánytalanság (wrongdoing), igazságtalanság (inequity, injustice, wrong, wrong doing, wrongdoing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ingiustizia (injustice, wrong). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 依估 , 卑怯 (cowardice, meanness), 不穏" (impropriety, inappropriateness, unreasonableness), 不正 (dishonesty, illegality, impropriety, iniquity, injustice, irregularity), 不公正 (injustice), 不公平 (injustice, partiality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひきょう (adversity, comparison, cowardice, esoteric religion, meanness, one of the most secluded regions, sad circumstances, similitude, unexplored region), ふお"とう (impropriety, inappropriateness, unreasonableness), ふせい (asymmetry, correction, dishonesty, illegality, impropriety, iniquity, injustice, irregular, irregularity, lack of uniformity, nature, negative properties, paternity, revision, transient life, unevenness), ふ"うせい (injustice), ふ"うへい (injustice, partiality), い" (orphan), え" (bias, favoritism, partiality, prejudice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuyeerys (iniquity, injustice), meechairys (improbity, iniquity, injustice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | airnessunfay nedreptate (a private nuisance, breach of justice, grievance, harm, inequity, iniquitousness, iniquity, injustice, raw deal, wrong, wrongness). (various references) несправедливость (breach of justice, inequity, iniquity, injustice, piece of injustice, unjustness, wrongfulness, wrongness). (various references) insafsızlık (inequity, inexorability, injustice, ruthlessness). (various references) ynsapsyzlyk (unconsciousness). (various references) sự thiên vị (favor, favoritism, favour, favouritism), sự gian lận (bunco, fraud), sự bất công (wrongfulness). (various references) annhegwch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | iniquitas, iniquitate, iniquitatem, iniquitates, iniquitati, iniquitatibus, iniquitatis, iniquitatium, iniquitatum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unfairness": unfairnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Unfairness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unfairest. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unfairness" (pronounced unfe"rnus) |
| 6 | -f e" r n u s | fairness. |
| 5 | -e" r n u s | awareness, rareness. |
| 4 | -r n u s | harness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-n-n-r-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: aneurins, anuresis, fairness, infusers, insnares, sanserif, senarius. | |
-3 letters: aneurin, arsines, fanners, fannies, farness, fissure, fraises, funnier, funnies, furanes, fusains, fussier, infares, infuser, infuses, insaner, insnare, insures, sauries, siennas, sinners, sunnier, sunrise, unrisen. | |
-4 letters: anises, anuses, arisen, arises, arsine, assure, ennuis, fainer, fanner, ferias, feuars, fraise, frises, funner, furane, furans, furies, fusain, fusser, inaner. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-n-n-r-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: unfairnesses. | |
+4 letters: understaffings, unprofessional. | |
+5 letters: sulfinpyrazones, unprofessionals. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 66 61 69 72 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. ..-. .- .. .-. -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100110 01100001 01101001 01110010 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n f a i r n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0066 0061 0069 0072 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55807267758480718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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