unfair

A2
US /ʌnˈfɛɚ/ UK /ʌnˈfɛə(ɹ)/
adj verb Freq #4324

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Not fair.

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

  2. 2
    verb

    to 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.

  3. 3
    adj

    not fair

Etymology

From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæġer (“ugly”), equivalent to un- + fair.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not fair. inequitableno fairunequitableunjust
Word family
Related forms biasedcheatingdiscriminatorydishonestdishonorabledisproportionateexcessivefoulinvidiouspartialprejudicedunderhanded

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