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un⋅fair

  [uhn-fair]
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–adjective
1. not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
2. disproportionate; undue; beyond what is proper or fitting: an unfair share.
Origin:
bef. 900; 1705–15 for def. 1; ME: uncomely, ugly; OE unfæger; c. ON ūfagr. See un- 1 , fair 1

Related forms:
un⋅fair⋅ly, adverb
un⋅fair⋅ness, noun
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un·fair   (ŭn-fâr')   
adj.   un·fair·er, un·fair·est
  1. Not just or evenhanded; biased: an unfair call by an umpire.
  2. Contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce; unethical: unfair trading.
un·fair'ly adv., un·fair'ness n.
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Unfair

Un*fair"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fair.] To deprive of fairness or beauty. [R.] --Shak.

Unfair

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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Language Translation for : unfair
Spanish: injusto,
German: unfair,
Japanese: 不公平な
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unfair 
O.E. unfægr "unlovely," from un- (1) "not" + fair. Cf. O.N. ufagr, Goth. unfagrs. Meaning "wicked, evil, bad" is recorded from c.1300. Sense of "not equitable, unjust" is first recorded 1713.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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