Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To make ugly

Examples

287 sentences

  1. You're being very unfair to me.

    Ви до мене дуже несправедливі. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruВы ко мне очень несправедливы. — marafon

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  2. Tom admitted that he'd been unfair.

    Том визнав, що вчинив несправедливо. — deniko

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  3. I think that's a little unfair.

    Мені здається, що це трохи нечесно. — deniko

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  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

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

    Мені здається, що це трохи нечесно. — deniko

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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

unfairs, unfairing, unfaired, unfaired
Base formunfair · to unfair
3rd person singularunfairs
Present participleunfairing
Past simpleunfaired
Past participleunfaired

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunfair
he, she, itunfairs

Past simpleLesson

all personsunfaired

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unfaired
he, she, ithas unfaired

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unfair

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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

neighbours in the dictionary
unexpectedB1unexpectedlyB1unexplainableunexplainedunfairlyB1unfaithfulunfamiliarB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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