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unfair

  • /ʌnˈfɛə(ɹ)/ UK
  • [ɐnˈfɛə(ɹ)] UK
  • /ʌnˈfɛː(ɹ)/ UK
  • [ɐnˈfɛː(ɹ)] UK
  • /ʌnˈfɛɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)

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From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæġer (“ugly”), equivalent to un- + fair.

adjective unfairer · more unfair · unfairest · most unfair

  1. Not just. It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends.

    Similar: no fair, unjust, inequitable, unequitable · Opposite: fair, just, equitable

  2. archaic, rare Not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive.

    Opposite: fair, beautiful, comely, pretty

  3. archaic, obsolete Sorrowful; sad.
  4. archaic Unseemly; disgraceful.

verb unfairs · unfairing · unfaired

  1. obsolete, transitive to make ugly Those hours that with gentle work did frame / The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell / Will play the tyrants to the very same / And that unfair which fairly doth excel.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: unjust, unsporting, raw, one-sided, partial, cheating, dirty, foul, biased, slanted, colored, unsportsmanlike, unjustly, undeserved, inequity, injustice

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adj not fair

Españolinjusto, que no vale, inicuo
한국어불공평하다 bulgongpyeonghada
日本語不公平 fukōhei, ずるい zurui
中文不公平 bùgōngpíng
Portuguêsinjusto
Françaisinjuste, déloyal
Deutschunfair, ungerecht
Italianoscorretto, sleale, ingiusto
Русскийнесправедли́вый nespravedlívyj
Tiếng Việtbất công

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@misc{unfair_2026,
  title = {unfair},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unfair},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}