not fair

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The Minister said current energy costs facing bill payers are "not fair and not sustainable" adding smart meters would be "supporting consumers to better manage their electricity usage and helping to reduce electricity bills".

From BBC • Apr. 28, 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

"The world is not fair," Huppert said, adding that Ottinger makes this point "in a very funny way".

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

The locomotive and the last car of each train were marked with a striped banner of orange and black, indicating that the train was not fair game for air-planes—that it was carrying prisoners of war.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut