unfair

Etymology

un- +‎ fair

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈfɛə(ɹ)/, [ɐnˈfɛə(ɹ)], /ʌnˈfɛː(ɹ)/, [ɐnˈfɛː(ɹ)]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈfɛɚ/

• Audio (US)

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  Rhymes: -ɛə(r)

Adjective

unfair (comparative unfairer, superlative unfairest)

1. Not fair, unjust.
   • 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, page 162:

     He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.

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

Verb

unfair (third-person singular simple present unfairs, present participle unfairing, simple past and past participle unfaired)

1. To make ugly.
   • Shakespeare

     And that unfair which fairly doth excel.

Anagrams

• Funari

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʊnfɛːɐ̯/

Adjective

unfair (comparative unfairer, superlative am unfairsten)

1. unfair

Further reading

• unfair in Duden online