Antonyms for unfair

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-fair

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfɛər

Definition of unfair

Origin : Old English unfægr "unlovely," from un- (1) "not" + fair. Cf. Old Norse ufagr, Gothic unfagrs. Meaning "wicked, evil, bad" is recorded from c.1300. Sense of "not equitable, unjust" is first recorded 1713. Related: Unfairly; unfairness.

adj prejudiced, wrongful

Example sentences :

But she constantly recalls what that snobbish Bines was unfair enough to tell her.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Why she did not quite like them she did not yet know, and was anxious not to be unfair.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

He was a very severe, and often unfair, critic of his predecessors.
Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous

"Every single thing that you have done that was unfair to me all my life," said Linda.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Wouldn't it be unfair to Rose to be so generous to his wife?
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

All here is so unprecedented, so changed, so sudden and unfair, that I am absolutely lost.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

But I could only resolve that I would be no party to any unfair plan of opposing her.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

It gives some an unfair advantage, and I have known it lead to unpleasantness.
Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 » by Various

For a moment my part of the labor seemed so easy as to be unfair.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

"It is as unfair to brand women with chastity as with unchastity," said Poll.
Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf

Synonyms for unfair

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