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unfairer

unfairer is the comparative form of unfair.

Meaning of unfair

Adjective

unfair (comparative unfairer or more unfair, superlative unfairest or most unfair)

  1. Not just.
    • It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends.
    Antonyms:
    fair, just, equitable
  2. (archaic, rare) Not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive.
  3. (archaic, obsolete) Sorrowful; sad.
  4. (archaic) Unseemly; disgraceful.

See all 5 meanings of unfair

Questions about unfairer

What is unfairer the comparative form of?
Unfairer is the comparative form of unfair.

Words near unfairer in the dictionary

  1. unfair dismissal
  2. unfair dismissals
  3. unfair list
  4. unfair lists
  5. unfaired
  6. unfairer
  7. unfairest
  8. unfairing
  9. unfairly
  10. unfairminded
  11. unfairmindedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unfairer (page history and authors); unfair (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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