How to Use unfair in a Sentence

unfair

adjective

• It's unfair for them to be allowed to leave early if we can't.
• It seems unfair to single her out for criticism.
• The company has been accused of unfair labor practices.
• Confiding in my close friends seemed unfair to them and to Will and me.
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• When a fish is hurt, the angler has an unfair advantage.
  — Brandon Sneed, New York Times, 10 July 2023
• Musk’s move has riled up some high-profile users and pleased some right-wing figures and Musk fans who thought the marks were unfair.
  — Barbara Ortutay, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2023
• Hobo Dave is the post surf shesh acoustic punk guitar archetype so much so this whole playlist should be him, but that would be unfair.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 22 Aug. 2023
• Lopes has taken an unfair amount of blame for Milwaukee’s leaky defense in the paint.
  — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• This has led to a wave of lawsuits against the companies, arguing that the practice is unfair.
  — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
• Youngkin said the change would create an unfair, greater burden of proof on employers.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
• Critics claimed Biden’s plan would have cost more than $400 billion and was unfair to those who paid their loans or never took on debt.
  — Gabriel Hays, Fox News, 1 July 2023
• Expecting Harbaugh or any coach to match Reid’s record would be unfair.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
• Boudin said the claims were unfair and largely the product of police resistance to his reforms.
  — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
• Burnes dispatched him with a trio of 89 mph changeups that were utterly unfair.
  — Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2023
• The nighttime rally marked the beginning of a three-day unfair labor practice strike.
  — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• The Kremlin has criticized the pact as unfair to exports of Russian food products.
  — George Petras, USA Today, 17 July 2023
• But to some in the District, the comparison to surrounding school systems can feel unfair.
  — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
• There was also some blowback that maybe people were being unfair to her.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
• But there were those who believe that taxpayers shouldn't have to pay the bill for student loans and that Biden's plan — which grew out of a campaign promise made in the 2020 election — was unfair.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2023
• An injury like this to a player like Chubb exemplifies how unfair the game of football can be.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
• The union has dropped unfair labor practice charges filed against GM and Stellantis that had accused the companies of failing to bargain in good faith ahead of the strikes.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2023
• And unfair labor practice charges jumped 16 percent during the first six months of this fiscal year, according to the NLRB.
  — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
• The lawsuit claims a breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and unfair business practices.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
• This would set in place a system that is unfair to regular citizens.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
• Two film unions striking proves the system is unfair, built to be unfair, and the industry leaders only look out for themselves.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
• Speaking of the judge, earlier this week your client, the former president, said on a social media platform the judge is unfair.
  — CBS News, 6 Aug. 2023
• Dalton Kincaid was widely rated as the top tight end in a deep class of them, even garnering unfair comparisons to Travis Kelce.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
• But lawyers for those who oppose the approach are likely to argue that waiving the debt is unfair to those who already paid back their loans or never took out college loans in the first place.
  — Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• Justen feels that the musical expressions of Black artists can act as a sonic expression of Earth, and the sometimes unfair treatment of nature.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 17 Nov. 2023
• But what makes this fight so rough — and so, so, so spectacularly played by Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen — is that nothing said is unfair, or untrue.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024