unfair

comparative unfairer · comparative more unfair · superlative unfairest · superlative most unfair

1. Not fair.
   1. Not just.

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

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      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.

      2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2017, page 162

      Cuphead built a reputation for difficulty before release, but its boss battles are mostly about recognizing patterns than getting lucky against unfair bosses. Watching players ace their way through the game’s bosses is a spellbinding reminder that even tough games can be defeated easily with hard work.

      2017 October 2, Heather Alexandra, “Cuphead Player Beats Bosses Without Taking A Single Hit”, in Kotaku, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2018

      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."

      2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8

      Synonyms: no fair, unjust, inequitable, unequitable · Antonyms: fair, just, equitable

   2. archaicrareNot beautiful; uncomely; unattractive.

      Antonyms: fair, beautiful, comely, pretty

   3. archaicobsoleteSorrowful; sad.
   4. archaicUnseemly; disgraceful.

present singular third person unfairs · participle present unfairing · participle past unfaired · past unfaired

1. obsoletetransitiveto make ugly

   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.

   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