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unfair English

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unfair

If something is unfair, it is not fair. It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends.

unfair

not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception used unfair methods it was an unfair trial took an unfair advantage

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Simple sentences

I think it's unfair.
I think what happened was a little unfair.
You should have refused such an unfair proposal.
You should've rejected such an unfair proposal.
It would be unfair if we treated him so badly.
I would rather die than do such an unfair thing.
Poverty with honesty is preferable to wealth obtained by unfair means.
That's unfair.
That is unfair.
Life is unfair.
The students protested against the unfair exam.
Many unfair things happened.
It is unfair.
He said the treaty was unfair.
Anyway, three against one is unfair.
It's extremely unfair.
Life's unfair.
That would be unfair.

Movie subtitles

And it would have been most unfair to drag Scarlett into something distasteful if she were simply back in San Francisco.
Say, old man, I've been awfully unfair to you.
Don't you think that's a little unfair to the rich?
But don't you think it is a little unfair to the poor to live from hand to mouth?
Could it be unfair to suggest that you were especially good friends?
It would be unfair!
Don't be unfair.
He struck me as rather depressed, but it's unfair to judge a man when he's out of a job.
Unfair to organized womanhood.
But that's unfair.
Sending me back is unfair.
That's unfair, Father.
It seems unfair.
He never said to submit to unfair punishment.
I will not stand for anything that's crooked or unfair.
So everyone beware, who's crooked or unfair.
Gentlemen, this is unfair.
I'm not that unfair.
Now, I think you are being unfair.
It's unfair. - What's fair in war?
Let's not be unfair.
I gave up that world. Sending me back is unfair.
How can you be so unfair?
It's very unfair of him keeping me in suspense like this.
Mme Lepic is unfair to him.
Well, what I mean is, it doesn't make any difference what you do, but I think it's kind of unfair to expose the kid to this kind of business.
It's so unfair.
It's all so unfair to you.
But when you think of your father, you're unfair to other men.
It's unfair to a passenger not to give him one.
And it would be unfair on the child, too.
I think you're being unfair.
I'm never unfair.
You're unfair, Robert!
You must love me to be so unfair and so mean.

News and current affairs

But this criticism is unfair.
If that distribution was unfair, current and future outcomes will be unfair, too.
Chicago economists seem to believe that real-world outcomes are acceptably unfair and, more importantly, that attempts to remedy unfairness are too costly, because tampering with markets causes economic inefficiency.
MIT economists tend to espouse the opposite: fairness is important, the real world is unacceptably unfair, and government failure can be prevented by good institutional design, including democracy.
Biomass energy, however, is the victim of unfair competition from fossil fuels.
Instead, the treaty established internal-market rules that barred governments from giving their companies unfair advantages.
Current practice is blatantly unfair, because it excludes candidates from small countries from competing for the vacated seats.
Indeed, even firms in advanced industrial countries that have not received a subsidy are at an unfair advantage.
Consequently it is the target of US complaints about unfair competition, and of efforts to force an exchange-rate adjustment that would deter Americans from buying Chinese toys, appliances, and clothing.
Stockholm - Defending Europe's economy against unfair international trade practices has long been a key element of the European Union's external policies.
It is almost an instinct among some politicians and business leaders that if competition is deemed unfair, the European Commission should marshal new trade defenses.
Is this American-eye view of Europe unfair?
It is, however, no more unfair than how America is regularly portrayed in Europe's media these days.
Yet, history is unfair, and the US, despite its greater responsibility for today's global crisis, may emerge in better shape than most countries from the morass.
Is that just because low-income people feel that life is unfair and therefore distrust those around them?
At the same time, the US government should come clean with the American public about charges of Chinese currency manipulation and unfair trade practices.
Because SDRs are denominated in several national currencies, no single currency would enjoy an unfair advantage.
They do not seem concerned that the charges are unfair; rather, they appear to be demonstrating solidarity with a fellow head of state.
And these losses are massively skewed in ways that are grossly inefficient, in addition to being completely unfair.
Such an unfair distribution of wealth based on economic exploitation, social injustice and political exclusion has caused silent but persistent resistance by Chinese peasants.
It is unfair to give ever more power to a Scottish parliament while continuing to give Labour, which controls 41 Scottish constituencies in the House of Commons, disproportionate say over what happens in England.
China remains in the crosshairs of US politicians who believe that American workers are the victims of its unfair trading practices.
None of this is to argue that the US should ignore unfair trading practices.
But Souley Madi is resigned to receiving unfair cotton prices, perhaps for a long time.
A regulatory regime that gave unfair advantages to local businesses would hurt consumers, hamper innovation, and damage competitiveness.

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