not fair

Example Sentences

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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

Stuart Murphy, the chief executive of the Scottish Football Fans Association, described the situation as a "debacle" and says it is not fair on the majority of match-going fans.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

“It’s not fair that we are facing homelessness.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 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