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Antonyms for fair play


Grammar : Noun



Definition of fair play

  • As in justice : noun lawfulness, fairness
  • As in fair game : noun legitimate target
  • As in equality : noun similarity, balance; egalitarianism
  • As in equity : noun impartiality
Example sentences :
  • This would have been fair play, and comic; but the comedy should have ended by this time.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Turnabout may not always be fair play in the gulfs between the stars.
  • Extract from : « No Hiding Place » by Richard R. Smith
  • Do you call it fair play when a nation sets out to hunt one man?
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • Let the devil have fair play,' said Joe; 'I'll give him a chance at ten paces.'
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
  • American genius, only give it fair play, is equal to all emergencies.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
  • It's fair play to give me a chance to speak, and for you to tell these poor devils what I say.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • Fair play is what English men and American men work for and fight for.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • Now, Mr. Carew, I like fair play, and so I'll give you fifteen minutes law.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • Let the boy have fair play, and I 'll wager a five-pound note he does it!
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • There were their laws and regulations, but they had no notion of fair play in applying them.
  • Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad

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