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
Health care union members at HealthPartners’ Stillwater Medical Group are planning a four-day unfair labor practice strike on Tuesday.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 2 July 2025
Iowa pork producers contend California gave its own farmers an unfair lead time to meet the new rules.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2025
While towing cars for unpaid parking tickets is a common practice for cities, Minnesota passed a law last year barring such tows, seeing them as an unfair burden on low-income families.
—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 30 June 2025
It’s never been about anything but being merit-based, and really kind of removing obstacles for some who don’t have an unfair advantage.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 June 2025
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 2 July 2025
Iowa pork producers contend California gave its own farmers an unfair lead time to meet the new rules.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2025
While towing cars for unpaid parking tickets is a common practice for cities, Minnesota passed a law last year barring such tows, seeing them as an unfair burden on low-income families.
—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 30 June 2025
It’s never been about anything but being merit-based, and really kind of removing obstacles for some who don’t have an unfair advantage.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfair
Adjective
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By the time Wood, the former Padres prospect who went to Washington in 2022 in the trade for Juan Soto, hit a three-run homer that clanged off the right field foul pole in the eighth inning to put the almost-final touch on the Nationals’ 10-6 victory, there was no real overt reaction.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Your husband is foul for not calling out her garbage behavior.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
23 June 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
Adjective
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Perhaps not helping so much: The set’s early reviews, which have been mostly fairly nasty in their dismissals of the set.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
25 June 2025
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This time, Boyle and Garland have a sharper, nastier provocation in mind.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
25 June 2025
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“Unfair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfair. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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