unfair

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Tribune publisher Hank J. Waters III has spent the past four decades criticizing what he calls the unfair advantage afforded by the state's financial support for a business competitor.

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  1. adjective Not just or evenhanded; biased: an unfair call by an umpire.
  2. adjective Contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce; unethical: unfair trading.

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  • This is one of the worst news reports you've ever made … totally unfair, and unbalanced …. and unprofessional. —  WordPress.com News
  • "It's very unfair, they're laying in a hospital and he's out there doing his thing," said their mother Davie Murphy. —  WPXI.com - Local News
  • Zana and three other Kurdish former members of parliament were imprisoned in 1994 after being found guilty of belonging a terrorist organization in a trial that human rights groups complained was unfair, and with the convictions based on witness statements allegedly obtained under torture. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • "I saw people (who) would see something done unfair, and speak out against it even when it didn't make them popular," said Yohnka, who now lives in Arlington Heights. —  The Daily Journal Local News
  • This situation is utterly unfair, and if anything, the ratio should be reversed, with revenue from personal income taxes making up 16\%. —  Werner Patels - A Dose of Common Sense
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unjust ·  unreasonable ·  immoral ·  improper ·  erroneous ·  unkind ·  untrue ·  injurious ·  unwise ·  illegal ·  arbitrary ·  oppressive
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  1. from Middle English unfair, from Anglo-Saxon unfæger (= Gothic (Moesogothic) unfagrs), from un-, not, + fæger, beautiful: see fair.
 

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