1
: marked by injustice, partiality, or deception : unjust
2
: not equitable in business dealings
unfairness
noun
Examples of unfair in a Sentence
It's unfair for them to be allowed to leave early if we can't.
It seems unfair to single her out for criticism.
The company has been accused of unfair labor practices.
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Salads get an unfair reputation of being boring or inadequate in sating hunger, but that doesn’t have to be true.
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Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
These emotions dictate Riley’s responses to the world using a giant control board: when something unfair happens, Anger steps up to push a button; if Riley encounters something gross, then Disgust pulls a lever.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
Listen to this article The Johns Hopkins University graduate student workers’ union filed an unfair labor practice charge to investigate the private Baltimore university less than three months after reaching a contract agreement.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
The lawsuits claimed that Qualcomm was engaged in unfair business practices by tying negotiations for essential patents to requirements that companies buy its chips, too.
—Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 19 June 2024
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Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
These emotions dictate Riley’s responses to the world using a giant control board: when something unfair happens, Anger steps up to push a button; if Riley encounters something gross, then Disgust pulls a lever.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
Listen to this article The Johns Hopkins University graduate student workers’ union filed an unfair labor practice charge to investigate the private Baltimore university less than three months after reaching a contract agreement.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
The lawsuits claimed that Qualcomm was engaged in unfair business practices by tying negotiations for essential patents to requirements that companies buy its chips, too.
—Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 19 June 2024
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unfair
adjective
un·fair
ˌən-ˈfa(ə)r 
ˈən-,
-ˈfe(ə)r
2
: not fair in doing business
unfair to workers
unfairly
adverb
unfairness
noun
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