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Webster 1828 Edition

Unfairness

UNFA'IRNESS

, n.

1.

Dishonest or disingenuous conduct or practice; use of trick or artifice; applied to persons. He is noted for his unfairness in dealing.

2.

Injustice; want of equitableness; as the unfairness of a proceeding.

Definition 2024

unfairness

unfairness

English

Noun

unfairness ‎(usually uncountable, plural unfairnesses)

(uncountable) The state of being unfair
(uncountable) A lack of justice
(countable) An unjust act

Translations

state of being unfair

Armenian: անարդարություն (hy) ‎(anardarutʿyun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不平 (zh) ‎(bùpíng), 不公平 (zh) ‎(bùgōngpíng)
Czech: nespravedlnost f
Finnish: epäoikeudenmukaisuus (fi), epäreiluus, vääryys (fi)
French: injustice (fr) f
German: Ungerechtigkeit (de) f, Unrecht (de) n

Italian: scorrettezza
Japanese: 不正 (ja) ‎(ふせい, fusei), 不公平 ‎(ふこうへい, fukōhei)
Polish: niesprawiedliwość (pl) f
Portuguese: injustiça (pt) f
Russian: несправедли́вость (ru) f ‎(nespravedlívostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: ana-cothrom m
Swedish: orättvisa (sv) c

lack of justice

Armenian: անարդարություն (hy) ‎(anardarutʿyun)
Finnish: epäoikeudenmukaisuus (fi), vääryys (fi)

Portuguese: injustiça (pt) f
Russian: несправедли́вость (ru) f ‎(nespravedlívostʹ)
Swedish: orättvisa (sv) c

an unjust act

Armenian: անարդարություն (hy) ‎(anardarutʿyun)
Finnish: vääryys (fi)

Portuguese: injustiça (pt) f
Russian: несправедли́вость (ru) f ‎(nespravedlívostʹ)
Swedish: orättvisa (sv) c