Unfairness

2 definitions found

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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unfairness
       n 1: partiality that is not fair or equitable [syn: {inequity}]
            [ant: {fairness}]
       2: injustice by virtue of not being equitable [syn: {inequity}]
          [ant: {fairness}, {fairness}]
       3: an unjust act [syn: {injustice}, {iniquity}]