Meanings
plural unfairnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being unfair; lack of justice.
The reason why fairness in taxation matters is institutionalized unfairness rots society from the inside, and the social order and economy eventually collapse.
2024 January 28, Charles Hugh Smith, Our Tax System Is an Unfair Mess: Here's How to Fix ItAntonyms: fairness
- countableusuallyAn unjust act or situation.
That this woman was Chip's little sister, Denise—i.e., was the only attractive young woman on the planet whom he was neither permitted nor inclined to feast his eyes on and imagine having sex with—seemed to him just the latest unfairness in a long morning of unfairnesses.
2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being unfair; lack of justice.
More synonyms by meaning
nouninjustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic ظُلْم
- ظُلْم (ẓulm)state of being unfair
Bulgarian несправедли́вост
- несправедли́вост (nespravedlívost)state of being unfair
Chinese Mandarin 不平, 不公平
- 不平 (bùpíng)state of being unfair
- 不公平 (bùgōngpíng)state of being unfair
Czech nespravedlnost
- nespravedlnoststate of being unfair
Danish uretfærdighed
- uretfærdighedstate of being unfair
Dutch onrechtvaardigheid
- onrechtvaardigheidstate of being unfair
Finnish epäoikeudenmukaisuus, epäreiluus
- epäoikeudenmukaisuusstate of being unfair
- epäreiluusstate of being unfair
- vääryysstate of being unfair
- vääryysan unjust act
French injustice
- injusticestate of being unfair
German Ungerechtigkeit, Unrecht
- Ungerechtigkeitstate of being unfair
- Unrechtstate of being unfair
Italian scorrettezza, ingiustizia
- scorrettezzastate of being unfair
- ingiustiziastate of being unfair
- ingiustiziaan unjust act
Japanese 不正, 不公平
- 不正 (fusei)state of being unfair
- 不公平 (fukōhei)state of being unfair
Korean 부정, 불공평
- 부정 (bujeong)state of being unfair
- 불공평 (bulgongpyeong)state of being unfair
Latin inīquitās
- inīquitāsstate of being unfair
Norwegian Bokmål urettferdighet
- urettferdighetstate of being unfair
Polish niesprawiedliwość
- niesprawiedliwośćstate of being unfair
Portuguese injustiça, injustiça
- injustiçastate of being unfair
- injustiçaan unjust act
Romanian nedreptate, injustiție
- nedreptatestate of being unfair
- injustițiestate of being unfair
Russian несправедли́вость, несправедли́вость
- несправедли́вость (nespravedlívostʹ)state of being unfair
- несправедли́вость (nespravedlívostʹ)an unjust act
Scottish Gaelic ana-cothrom
- ana-cothromstate of being unfair
Slovak nespravodlivosť
- nespravodlivosťstate of being unfair
Spanish injusticia
- injusticiastate of being unfair
Swedish orättvisa, orättvisa
- orättvisastate of being unfair
- orättvisaan unjust act
Ukrainian несправедли́вість
- несправедли́вість (nespravedlývistʹ)state of being unfair
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unfairness
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unfairness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfairness
“unfairness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfairness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfairness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfairness.
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