unfair
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæġer (“ugly”), equivalent to un- + fair.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʌnˈfɛə(ɹ)/, [ɐnˈfɛə(ɹ)], /ʌnˈfɛː(ɹ)/, [ɐnˈfɛː(ɹ)]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ʌnˈfɛɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Adjective edit
unfair (comparative unfairer, superlative unfairest)
- not fair, unjust
- 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 21 June 2017, 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.
- 2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8:
- Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability."
- (rare or archaic) not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive
- (archaic or obsolete) sorrowful; sad
- (archaic) unseemly; disgraceful
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
not fair
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Verb edit
unfair (third-person singular simple present unfairs, present participle unfairing, simple past and past participle unfaired)
- (transitive, obsolete) to make ugly
- Synonym: devenustate
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 5”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
- Those hours that with gentle work did frame / The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell / Will play the tyrants to the very same / And that unfair which fairly doth excel.
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈʊnˌfɛːr/, [ˈʔʊn-], [ˈʔʊɱ-], [-ˌfɛːɐ̯], [-ˌfeːɐ̯], [-ˌfɛɐ̯]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: un‧fair
Adjective edit
unfair (strong nominative masculine singular unfairer, comparative unfairer, superlative am unfairsten)
Declension edit
Positive forms of unfair
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist unfair | sie ist unfair | es ist unfair | sie sind unfair | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | unfairer | unfaire | unfaires | unfaire |
| genitive | unfairen | unfairer | unfairen | unfairer | |
| dative | unfairem | unfairer | unfairem | unfairen | |
| accusative | unfairen | unfaire | unfaires | unfaire | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der unfaire | die unfaire | das unfaire | die unfairen |
| genitive | des unfairen | der unfairen | des unfairen | der unfairen | |
| dative | dem unfairen | der unfairen | dem unfairen | den unfairen | |
| accusative | den unfairen | die unfaire | das unfaire | die unfairen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein unfairer | eine unfaire | ein unfaires | (keine) unfairen |
| genitive | eines unfairen | einer unfairen | eines unfairen | (keiner) unfairen | |
| dative | einem unfairen | einer unfairen | einem unfairen | (keinen) unfairen | |
| accusative | einen unfairen | eine unfaire | ein unfaires | (keine) unfairen | |
Comparative forms of unfair
Superlative forms of unfair