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How to use unfair in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, verb

Unfair means not just. Example: “It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends.”

Examples of unfair by meaning

adjectiveNot just.

  • It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends.
  • 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.2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2...
  • Cuphead built a reputation for difficulty before release, but its boss battles are mostly about recognizing patterns than getting lucky against unfair bosses.2017 October 2, Heather Alexandra, “Cuphead Player Beats Bosses Without Taking A Single Hit”, in Kotaku, archived from the original on 18...

More sentences with unfair

  • Unfair discrimination between the able-bodied and the disabled is illegal in many places.From the entry able-bodied
  • I mostly agree with what you said, but I consider your last point to be unfair.From the entry agree
  • I am resigning in protest of the unfair treatment of our employees.From the entry resign
  • Autoclicking can be used to gain an unfair advantage in some video games.From the entry autoclicking
  • I know it seems unfair, but them's the rules.From the entry them
  • These trumped-up charges are unfair to the defendant.From the entry trumped-up
  • I know you may not agree but I, for one, think we should get rid of this unfair piece of legislation.From the entry for one
  • You man are peak (being unfair).From the entry you man
  • It is a common assumption that a constructive dismissal is automatically unfair.2014, James A.. Holland, Stuart Burnett, Employment Law, →ISBN, page 272. From the entry constructive dismissal
  • Instead, it relied on antidumping actions to combat what it said were unfair Chinese trade practices.2007 April 2, David Lague, “China Says New U.S. Duty Disrupts Relations”, in New York Times. From the entry antidumping
  • It creates an unlevel playing field because some companies are taking unfair advantage.”2007 June 9, Steven Greenhouse, “Investigating Mislabeling of Workers”, in New York Times. From the entry unlevel
  • The metamoderator's task is to decide if the moderator's rating was fair, unfair, or neither.2007, Ronggong Song, Trust in E-Services: Technologies, Practices and Challenges. From the entry metamoderate
  • Insurance company actuaries view the discounts as unmerited and unfair to other policyholders.1991 February 19, John Tierney, “Laws Encourage Car Alarms, But Din May Not Be Worth It”, in The New York Times. From the entry unmerited
  • Maybe it's unfair to link the epic (and epically expensive) "Les Misérables" with fast food.1988 July 3, Joe Brown, “MCMIZ”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry unapt
  • Now would it be unfair to any one to start a propagandum which would rearrange these figures?1924, Skinner Packing House News, volumes 3–5, page 13, column 1. From the entry propagandum
  • Two factors made the Ministry untenable; private industry considered the featherbedding of the public sector to be unfair competition.2020 September 11, James Walston, The Mafia and Clientelism: Roads to Rome in Post-War Calabria, Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry featherbedding
  • It was - to be only a little bit unfair - all the usual suspects at the Paris demo.2016 March 9, Hugh Schofield, “France unions and youths protest against labour reforms”, in BBC News. From the entry usual suspects
  • It's hard and it's unfair, I know – and when we're still grieving or having a 'griefy' moment, it's even harder.2016, Jody Day, Living the Life Unexpected, page 128. From the entry griefy
  • It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime.2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, archived from the…. From the entry reality
  • Life was neither fair nor unfair, neither cruel nor uncruel.2008, James McBride, Song yet sung. From the entry uncruel
  • With commendable honesty, he also acknowledges the amount of (unfair, obviously) criticism he has received for being greedy for media attention.2002 September 19, “Short Cuts”, in London Review of Books, volume 24, number 18, Thomas Jones. From the entry cyborg
  • They would never kick someone when they are down or give themselves an unfair advantage by cheating or stealing.2000, Richard Carlson, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens: Simple Ways to Keep Your Cool in Stressful Times, page 114. From the entry kick someone when they are down
  • Or am I being unfair to you and it's both?'1998, Leo Marks, Between Silk and Cyanide: The Story of SOE's Code War, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN. From the entry awkward
  • To call them “Thatcher's children” is both unfair and unhistorical.1990, Anthony Lejeune, “Class”, in National Review, volume 42, number 21, pages 81–84. From the entry Thatcher's children
  • Dementive psychopaths feel sorry for themselves and resent "unfair treatment" in jail, although they have no sympathy for anyone else.1973, Benjamin B. Wolman, Call No Man Normal, page 223. From the entry dementive
  • But let us not be unfair to the kibitzers.1951 October, Bruce Hayden, “Of Cabbageheads and Kings”, in Chess Review. From the entry merely
  • “That was a big missed opportunity and I feel it’s unfair that we kicked the can down the road to the larger public,” said Dr.2023 May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, in The New York Times. From the entry kick the can down the road
  • They shouldn’t try to create barriers to business — it’s fundamentally unfair, particularly at a time when small business confidence is at an all-time low.”2016 August 21, Paul McClean, “Supermarkets and suppliers take stock of relationships”, in Financial Times. From the entry front and center
  • But it’s not unfair if the accusation of beigeness, in that great red Hunger Games set of a room, is allowed to take hold.2015 November 8, Peter Preston, “The News at Ten battle goes all the way up to eleven”, in The Observer. From the entry beigeness
  • I thought he was a chocolate soldier which was probably unfair—everyone said he had done the “right thing” in the Canada campaign.2010, Robert Moss, Fire Along the Sky: Being the Adventures of Captain Shane Hardacre in the New World, SUNY Press, page 51. From the entry chocolate soldier
  • Angle shots are used to gain an unfair advantage in the game-to obtain information that a player shouldn't legally have yet, or to manipulate opponents.2009 May 31, Barbara Connors, “Angle-Shooting: Dishonorable Discharge”, in PokerPlayer. From the entry angle shot
  • The college system protects you, but it is very unfair to say that people at Oxbridge are not living in the real world.1991 January 14, Alice Thomson, “Knuckling down to the new realism”, in The Times, page 26. From the entry plodge
  • RULINGS of unfair dismissal won by 18 school-dinner ladies who refused to take a pay cut were upheld by the Court of Appeal today.1984 November 1, “Dinner ladies win pay cut battle”, in The Standard, page 9. From the entry school-dinner lady
  • All this is somewhat unfair to Spetters which, in spite of all of its borrowings, and conventional form, manages to remain remarkably fresh and original.1983 April 23, Michael Bronski, “Coming of Age, Dutch Style”, in Gay Community News, page 13. From the entry dog-eared
  • The Daily Telegraph sketch concentrated on the Bishop's attack and included rebutting remarks from Lord Longford, describing the attack as monumentally unfair because Mr.1978, Robin Callender Smith, Press law, Sweet and Maxwell. From the entry sketch
  • This air of misericordia gave him a thoroughly unfair advantage in his dealings as a politician and negotiator, an advantage he exploited with consummate skill.1944, Benjamin Stolberg, Tailor's Progress, page 102. From the entry misericordia
  • Referees will not permit unfair practices that may cause injury to a contestant, and are held strictly responsible for enforcing these rules.1938, California. State Athletic Commission, Rules, Regulations and Law Regulating Boxing and Wrestling (page 42). From the entry rough

Meaning of unfair

  1. adjective Not just.
  2. adjective Not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive.
  3. adjective Sorrowful; sad.

Full definition of unfair

Questions about unfair in a sentence

How do you use unfair in a sentence?
Unfair is used as an adjective and verb. For example: “It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends.”
What is a short sentence with unfair?
“You man are peak (being unfair).”
What does unfair mean?
Unfair means not just.

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