unfair

Example Sentences

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Abalos has protested that the investigation has been unfair.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

“I would be a little leery of supposing that it’s a gaming of the system in order to get some unfair advantage,” Vaughn said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Martin Puchner, an English professor, said the current grading system always felt unfair to the most accomplished students.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Eventually we learned I had an immune condition; I also had mono, which felt cosmically unfair considering I had not yet been kissed and suspected I’d contracted it from the skating rink water fountain.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

Like the failure to compensate the original holders of government securities, this was unfair.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis