as in foul
not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport
a team that is notorious throughout the league for its record of unfair play
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Recent Examples of unfair
Some of the criticism Mel is taking is unfair.
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Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2025
Carrots often get an unfair reputation for their effect on blood sugar levels due to their natural sweetness.
—Brittany Poulson, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
The lawmakers put forth requests for improvement, particularly pertaining to strengthening safeguards against unfair labor practices and incentivizing onshoring.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
It is widely considered an unfair trade practice and a form of price discrimination done in order to gain an unfair advantage in a market.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unfair
Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2025
Carrots often get an unfair reputation for their effect on blood sugar levels due to their natural sweetness.
—Brittany Poulson, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
The lawmakers put forth requests for improvement, particularly pertaining to strengthening safeguards against unfair labor practices and incentivizing onshoring.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
It is widely considered an unfair trade practice and a form of price discrimination done in order to gain an unfair advantage in a market.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unfair
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfair
Adjective
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This mostly came from a high-profile matchup against the Lakers in which Rui Hachimura defended Wemby well and Marcus Smart flopped his way into a couple of offensive foul calls against Wembanyama.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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The album’s messy yet seamless scatter-spray of instruments—cello, hand shakers, piano—gets torn apart by the foulest plumes of bass.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.—
James Bruggers,
The Courier-Journal,
5 July 2017
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Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.—
Lisa Beebe,
Los Angeles Magazine,
5 July 2017
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The growth of passive investing, through index funds found in the 401(k) accounts of average Americans, has propped up the stock market while also potentially setting it up for a nasty fall.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
7 Nov. 2025
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Instead of this stuff that's raised overseas that's done in ways that doesn't have any checks, that it's got polluted water, it's being fed really nasty stuff, full of antibiotics, full of chemicals.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Unfair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfair. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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