Meaning

4 senses
  1. Not fair.

    Not just.

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

  2. (archaic, rare)Not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive.

  3. (archaic, obsolete)Sorrowful; sad.

  4. (archaic)Unseemly; disgraceful.

More definitions
  • not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception

Examples

287 sentences
  1. You're being very unfair to me.

    Ви до мене дуже несправедливі. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruВы ко мне очень несправедливы. — marafon

  2. Tom admitted that he'd been unfair.

    Том визнав, що вчинив несправедливо. — deniko

  3. I think that's a little unfair.

    Мені здається, що це трохи нечесно. — deniko

  4. You should've rejected such an unfair proposal.

    Тобі слід було відхилити таку несправедливу пропозицію. — deniko

    ruТы должен был отклонить такое несправедливое предложение. — Tonari

    deSo einen ungerechten Vorschlag hättest du ablehnen sollen. — MUIRIEL

  5. I think that that's a little unfair.

    Мені здається, що це трохи нечесно. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæġer (“ugly”),

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

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Forms

unfairer/more unfair, unfairest/most unfair
Comparativeunfairer / more unfair Lesson
Superlativeunfairest / most unfair Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception:unjust

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

26 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • being being unfair
  • being very unfair
  • decision was unfair
  • a little unfair
  • was very unfair
  • this is unfair
  • little unfair

See also

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