adj
unfair
uhn-FEH-uh
adj
1
Not fair or just; treating people unequally or wrongly.
"It's unfair to blame the whole team for one person's mistake."
"She thought the referee's decision was unfair."
How to Use Unfair
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishNot fair — treating someone badly or wrongly compared to others.
Common pairings
unfair advantage
unfair treatment
unfair to someone
Word Forms
unfairer comparative, more unfair comparative, unfaired past tense, unfairs singular, unfairest superlative, most unfair superlative
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Etymology
From Old English unfæger ("ugly"), from un- plus fair; the modern sense of "not just" developed later, replacing the original meaning of "unattractive."