not fair

Example Sentences

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"So it is not fair to me to say I ever tell my players to back off and not press. If it did look like that, it was never the intention."

From BBC • May 9, 2026

It is not fair, the court held, to force a defendant to accept the assistance of counsel that they do not want.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

But it’s also not fair that pros don’t have to find their own lost balls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

“These are not negotiations. These are not fair talks,” said Liz Olivia Fernández, 32, a Havana-based journalist with the news outlet Belly of the Beast.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

“But it’s not fair on you to have to do that.”

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman