unfair
/ʌnˈfɛɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not fair.
Example Sentences
- "It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends."
- "He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair."
- "Cuphead built a reputation for difficulty before release, but its boss battles are mostly about recognizing patterns than getting lucky against unfair bosses. Watching players ace their way through the game’s bosses is a spellbinding reminder that even tough games can be defeated easily with hard work."
- "Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability.""
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæġer (“ugly”), equivalent to un- + fair.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: unfair, unfæġer
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʌnˈfɛɚ/
- British English: /ʌnˈfɛə(ɹ)/
Usage
Inflected Forms
unfairer (comparative)
more unfair (comparative)
unfairest (superlative)
most unfair (superlative)
unfairs (present, singular)
unfairing (participle, present)
unfaired (participle, past)
unfaired (past)