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Recent Examples of unfairly
Cruella de Vil, Captain Hook and Maleficent present their cases on stage and the audience decides who has been treated the most unfairly of them all.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
In court filings leading up to the Friday morning hearing, Peterson claimed her complaint was unfairly dismissed in March.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Around a quarter say their employer doesn't offer promotions or advancement opportunities, and a similar share report feeling treated unfairly at work because of their identity.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Employees required to come into the office feel they are being treated unfairly, which can undermine engagement and morale.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
In court filings leading up to the Friday morning hearing, Peterson claimed her complaint was unfairly dismissed in March.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Around a quarter say their employer doesn't offer promotions or advancement opportunities, and a similar share report feeling treated unfairly at work because of their identity.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Employees required to come into the office feel they are being treated unfairly, which can undermine engagement and morale.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfairly
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Active grants have been cruelly rescinded, leaving community theaters, local museums, facing sudden funding gaps and uncertainty over expenses for work already underway.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Court filings from the former players allege how Lorch methodically groomed and abused children from some of the nation’s poorest communities, cunningly and cruelly preying on their desperation and love of the city game, on an almost industrial scale.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Maduro has viciously attacked political opponents and presided over the country’s economic collapse.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Krasznahorkai was born in Hungary in 1954, two years before the Soviets viciously crushed an uprising in Budapest, and his first two novels are soaked through with an atmosphere of political terror.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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There is a troubling suggestion of abuse, implying that Jack might have been ill-treated by his mom (and saved by Helen), rather than heartlessly abandoned.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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The three-time Cy Young Award winner was greeted rudely by a Shohei Ohtani lead-off double, but Scherzer managed to escape the inning unscathed.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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The furore surrounding Milan’s decision to play their February Serie A fixture against Como in Australia rudely interrupted what had been a silky smooth start to the season.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Unfairly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfairly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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