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as in wrong
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this
it would be no unfairness to the article's second author to characterize his contributions as minimal
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Recent Examples of unfairness
Still, the rhetorical and ideological excesses of the left generated a sense of unfairness that has become central to the white-identitarian project.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
While appearing kind, this approach ultimately creates unfairness for employees and the team, as performance issues are tolerated.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Yet as the focus remains on federal politics, our state legislative maps and the unfairness of them cannot be a mere afterthought.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Given the more complete picture of taxation relative to income that is presented above, how should fairness and unfairness be regarded?
—Charles F. Miller, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
The narrator in Pseudo-Quintilian’s fiction complains of the unfairness of the bout.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
This overall unfairness and pain must be confronted.
—Robert Hormats, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Beyond that, there is the wider issue of inter-generational unfairness.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 1 Mar. 2026
But — no different from those of any color frustrated by economic inequality — white people who see the unfairness in our current systems, from schools to retirement, are fed up and angry and rightfully want change.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
While appearing kind, this approach ultimately creates unfairness for employees and the team, as performance issues are tolerated.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Yet as the focus remains on federal politics, our state legislative maps and the unfairness of them cannot be a mere afterthought.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Given the more complete picture of taxation relative to income that is presented above, how should fairness and unfairness be regarded?
—Charles F. Miller, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
The narrator in Pseudo-Quintilian’s fiction complains of the unfairness of the bout.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
This overall unfairness and pain must be confronted.
—Robert Hormats, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Beyond that, there is the wider issue of inter-generational unfairness.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 1 Mar. 2026
But — no different from those of any color frustrated by economic inequality — white people who see the unfairness in our current systems, from schools to retirement, are fed up and angry and rightfully want change.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfairness
Noun
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The story does not flinch from the realities of segregation, including the violence that the family faced moving into white neighborhoods in Fort Worth in the 1950s, but there is more hope than fear, more faith in the power of righteousness to defeat injustice, in its pages.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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There are many reasons for all of this, but the lasting burden of decade after decade after decade of injustice still makes shoulders ache.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Because, so far, my instincts are all dead wrong.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
18 June 2026
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The streamer got that one wrong.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Unfairness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfairness. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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