## Related Forms
- biased
- cheating
- discriminatory
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- disproportionate
- excessive
- foul
- invidious
- partial
- prejudiced
- underhanded

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: unfair
- Root: unfæġer
- Affix: un- - not

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

## AI Etymology
Unfair is from Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæġer (“ugly”), equivalent to un- + fair. The historical line also includes Middle English unfair, Old English unfæġer. In present-day use, it can mean not fair; not treating people equally or in a just way.

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- Ethics & Social Judgment

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