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Webster 1913 Edition
Unfair
Un-fair′
,Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+ fair
.] To deprive of fairness or beauty.
[R.]
Shak.
Un-fair′
,Adj.
Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
You come, like an
– unfair
merchant, to charge me with being in your debt. Swift.
Un-fair′ly
, adv.
Un-fair′ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Unfair
UNFA'IR
, a.1.
Not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using trick or artifice; as an unfair dealer.2.
Not honest; not just; not equal; as unfair practices.3.
Proceeding from trick or dishonesty; as unfair advantages.Definition 2024
unfair
unfair
English
Verb
unfair (third-person singular simple present unfairs, present participle unfairing, simple past and past participle unfaired)
- To make ugly.
- Shakespeare
- And that unfair which fairly doth excel.
- Shakespeare
Synonyms
Adjective
unfair (comparative unfairer, superlative unfairest)
- 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.
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See also
- biased
- cheating
- discriminatory
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- disproportionate
- excessive
- foul
- inequitable
- invidious
- partial
- prejudiced
- underhanded
- unequal
- unethical
- uneven
- unfavorable
- unjust
- unjustified
- unwarranted
- wrong
- wrongful
Antonyms
Translations
not fair
German
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ʔʊnfɛːɐ̯]
Adjective
unfair (comparative unfairer, superlative am unfairsten)
Declension
Positive forms of unfair
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist unfair | sie ist unfair | es ist unfair | sie sind unfair | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | unfairer | unfaire | unfaires | unfaire |
| genitive | unfairen | unfairer | unfairen | unfairer | |
| dative | unfairem | unfairer | unfairem | unfairen | |
| accusative | unfairen | unfaire | unfaires | unfaire | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der unfaire | die unfaire | das unfaire | die unfairen |
| genitive | des unfairen | der unfairen | des unfairen | der unfairen | |
| dative | dem unfairen | der unfairen | dem unfairen | den unfairen | |
| accusative | den unfairen | die unfaire | das unfaire | die unfairen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein unfairer | eine unfaire | ein unfaires | (keine) unfairen |
| genitive | eines unfairen | einer unfairen | eines unfairen | (keiner) unfairen | |
| dative | einem unfairen | einer unfairen | einem unfairen | (keinen) unfairen | |
| accusative | einen unfairen | eine unfaire | ein unfaires | (keine) unfairen | |
Comparative forms of unfair
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist unfairer | sie ist unfairer | es ist unfairer | sie sind unfairer | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | unfairerer | unfairere | unfaireres | unfairere |
| genitive | unfaireren | unfairerer | unfaireren | unfairerer | |
| dative | unfairerem | unfairerer | unfairerem | unfaireren | |
| accusative | unfaireren | unfairere | unfaireres | unfairere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der unfairere | die unfairere | das unfairere | die unfaireren |
| genitive | des unfaireren | der unfaireren | des unfaireren | der unfaireren | |
| dative | dem unfaireren | der unfaireren | dem unfaireren | den unfaireren | |
| accusative | den unfaireren | die unfairere | das unfairere | die unfaireren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein unfairerer | eine unfairere | ein unfaireres | (keine) unfaireren |
| genitive | eines unfaireren | einer unfaireren | eines unfaireren | (keiner) unfaireren | |
| dative | einem unfaireren | einer unfaireren | einem unfaireren | (keinen) unfaireren | |
| accusative | einen unfaireren | eine unfairere | ein unfaireres | (keine) unfaireren | |
Superlative forms of unfair
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am unfairsten | sie ist am unfairsten | es ist am unfairsten | sie sind am unfairsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | unfairster | unfairste | unfairstes | unfairste |
| genitive | unfairsten | unfairster | unfairsten | unfairster | |
| dative | unfairstem | unfairster | unfairstem | unfairsten | |
| accusative | unfairsten | unfairste | unfairstes | unfairste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der unfairste | die unfairste | das unfairste | die unfairsten |
| genitive | des unfairsten | der unfairsten | des unfairsten | der unfairsten | |
| dative | dem unfairsten | der unfairsten | dem unfairsten | den unfairsten | |
| accusative | den unfairsten | die unfairste | das unfairste | die unfairsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein unfairster | eine unfairste | ein unfairstes | (keine) unfairsten |
| genitive | eines unfairsten | einer unfairsten | eines unfairsten | (keiner) unfairsten | |
| dative | einem unfairsten | einer unfairsten | einem unfairsten | (keinen) unfairsten | |
| accusative | einen unfairsten | eine unfairste | ein unfairstes | (keine) unfairsten | |
Synonyms
- unlauter, ungerecht