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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
Democrats benefited from the old media order, which seemed perfectly fair to them; Republicans believe their points of view will get better treatment under Carr’s new one, freed from decades of unfairness.
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Her challenge will be to persevere and make a good life for herself, despite the unfairness of tragedy.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Other polls suggest that capitalism’s waning popularity reflects a growing sense of economic unfairness, rather than a broader rejection of an economic system.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
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
David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Her challenge will be to persevere and make a good life for herself, despite the unfairness of tragedy.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Other polls suggest that capitalism’s waning popularity reflects a growing sense of economic unfairness, rather than a broader rejection of an economic system.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfairness
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The photographs at issue showed a group of agents taking the knee during one of the demonstrations following the May 2020 killing of Floyd, a death that led to a national reckoning over policing and racial injustice and sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of the arrest.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Sep. 2025
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There is no question that the study of history and its conflicts, injustices and exclusions can be dispiriting.—
Annie Polland,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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Eliminating vaccine mandates in Florida and expanding exemptions in other states will continue to widen these already existing disparities that stem from past public health wrongs.—
Stacie Kershner,
The Conversation,
22 Sep. 2025
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Now, within minutes of Kirk’s death, posts were circulating that turned out to be flat-out wrong.—
Larry Magid,
Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Unfairness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfairness. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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