Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in fairness

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: in- -fair-ness
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

As a counterpoint; for the sake of balance; to lessen the harm.

Example Sentences

"Chelsea were given a debatable penalty for Eden Hazard to make it 2-1 in the first period of extra-time and it was another night of repeat offending from Costa. Mourinho, in fairness, focused on his team’s shortcomings rather than any misplaced sense of injustice and even called for Uefa to let Ibrahimovic off."
"The chap opposite seems to be trying to pull a fast one, and having seen the guard is trying to buy a ticket online... but doesn't succeed. The guard helpfully sells him one, but not quite at the price of one purchased in advance. In fairness he doesn't kick off, nor does the guard treat him like some common criminal. It's a fair cop - or should that be a fare cop?"

Inflected Forms

in all fairness (alternative) infairness (alternative, Philippines)

Synonyms

to be fair

Questions

What does in fairness mean?: As a counterpoint; for the sake of balance; to lessen the harm.

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