English Explanatory Dictionary

unfair

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not fair.
  2. Not just.
  3. Not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive.
  4. Sorrowful; sad.
  5. Unseemly; disgraceful.
verb
  1. to make ugly

Pronunciation

/ʌnˈfɛə(ɹ)/ [ɐnˈfɛə(ɹ)] /ʌnˈfɛː(ɹ)/ [ɐnˈfɛː(ɹ)] /ʌnˈfɛɚ/ en-us-unfair.ogg

Word forms

unfair unfairer more unfair unfairest most unfair unfairs unfairing unfaired

Etymology

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

Synonyms

no fair unjust inequitable unequitable

Antonyms

fair just equitable beautiful comely pretty

Related words

fair go biased cheating discriminatory dishonest dishonorable disproportionate excessive foul invidious partial prejudiced underhanded unequal unethical uneven unfavorable unjust unjustified unwarranted wrong wrongful

Derived words

unfair competition unfair dismissal unfair list

Translations

Armenian: անարդար Belarusian: несправядлі́вы Bulgarian: несправедли́в Catalan: injust Chinese Mandarin: 不公平 Czech: nespravedlivý Danish: uretfærdig Danish: ufin Esperanto: maljusta Finnish: epäreilu French: injuste French: déloyal German: unfair German: ungerecht Hungarian: méltánytalan Hungarian: igazságtalan Icelandic: ósanngjarn Italian: scorretto Italian: sleale Italian: ingiusto Japanese: 不公平 Japanese: ずるい Khmer: មិនយុត្តិធម៌ Korean: 불공평하다 Northern Kurdish: neheq Latin: inīquus Luxembourgish: onfair Macedonian: нечесен Māori: makihuhunu Norwegian Bokmål: urettferdig Norwegian Nynorsk: urettferdig Old English: unrihtwīs Polish: nieuczciwy Polish: niesprawiedliwy Portuguese: injusto Russian: несправедли́вый Serbo-Croatian: неправичан Serbo-Croatian: nepravičan Slovak: nespravodlivý Spanish: injusto Spanish: que no vale Spanish: inicuo Swedish: orättvis Turkish: adaletsiz Ottoman Turkish: عدالتسز Ukrainian: несправедли́вий Vietnamese: bất công Woiwurrung: ngaboon-noon-koorreen
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