Unfair

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unfair \Un*fair"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fair.]
     To deprive of fairness or beauty. [R.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Unfair \Un*fair"\, a. [AS. unf[ae]ger unlovely. See {Un-} not,
     and {Fair}, a.]
     Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or
     involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
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           You come, like an unfair merchant, to charge me with
           being in your debt.                      --Swift.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Un*fair"ly}, adv. -- {Un*fair"ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unfair
       adj 1: showing favoritism [syn: {partial}] [ant: {impartial}]
       2: not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception;
          "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an
          unfair advantage" [syn: {unjust}] [ant: {fair}]