| Pronunciation: | | un'fehr
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| Matching Terms: | | unfailable, unfailing, unfailingly, unfair labor practice, unfairly, unfairness, unfaith, unfaithful, unfaithfully, unfaithfulness
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- [adj] not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage"
- [adj] showing favoritism
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| | Synonyms: | | below the belt, biased, cheating(a), colored, coloured, dirty, foul, one-sided, raw, slanted, unjust, unsporting, unsportsmanlike |
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| | Antonyms: | | fair, impartial, just |
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| | See Also: | | partial, unfair |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Un*fair"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fair.]
To deprive of fairness or beauty. [R.] --Shak.
\Un*fair"\, a. [AS. unf[ae]ger unlovely. See {Un-} not,
and {Fair}, a.]
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, n.
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