unfair

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ʌnˈfɛə(ɹ)/, [ɐnˈfɛə(ɹ)], /ʌnˈfɛː(ɹ)/, [ɐnˈfɛː(ɹ)]
• (GenAm) IPA: /ʌnˈfɛɚ/

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  Rhymes: -ɛə(r)

Etymology

un- +‎ fair

Adjective

unfair (comparative unfairer, superlative unfairest)

1. Not fair, unjust.
   • 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162: 

     He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.

   It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends.

See also

• biased
• cheating
• discriminatory
• dishonest
• dishonorable
• disproportionate
• excessive
• foul
• inequitable
• invidious
• partial
• prejudiced
• underhanded
• unequal
• unethical
• uneven
• unfavorable
• unjust
• unjustified
• unwarranted
• wrong
• wrongful

Antonyms

• fair
• just

Translations

not fair

• Armenian: անարդար (hy) (anardar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不公平 (cmn) (bùgōngpíng)

• Finnish: epäreilu (fi)
• French: injuste (fr), déloyal (fr)
• German: unfair (de)
• Hungarian: méltánytalan (hu), igazságtalan (hu)
• Icelandic: ósanngjarn (is) m

• Italian: scorretto (it) m
• Japanese: 不公平 (ja) (ふこうへい, fukōhei)
• Luxembourgish: onfair (lb)
• Polish: nieuczciwy (pl), niesprawiedliwy (pl)
• Russian: несправедливый (ru) (nespravedlívyj)
• Swedish: orättvis (sv)
• Vietnamese: bất công (vi)

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German

Adjective

unfair (comparative unfairer, superlative am unfairsten)

1. unfair

Synonyms

• unlauter, ungerecht

Antonyms

• fair