unfairness

1
as in injustice
the state of being unfair or unjust the transparent unfairness of the referee's decision made her furious

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2
as in wrong
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this it would be no unfairness to the article's second author to characterize his contributions as minimal

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Recent Examples of unfairness Browder’s story, later turned into a Netflix documentary, spurred greater awareness about the unfairness of the money-bail system and spurred calls for reform. Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Vogel also advocated for the passage of legislation that eventually acknowledged the injustice of the exile and imprisonment and provided a payment of $20,000 to Japanese American camp survivors.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Any place where there’s injustice.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • The duo went on to work together in Highway to Heaven where Landon starred as a literal avenging angel, righting wrongs and looking out for people who couldn’t look out for themselves.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • With a benevolent billionaire in the governor’s office, a Democratic supermajority in the statehouse and a willing partner in City Hall, there has never been a better opportunity to right the past wrongs of racial discrimination.
    Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Unfairness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfairness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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