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unfair

[uhn-fair] / ʌnˈfɛər /


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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

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

“The proposed settlement agreement to exempt only houses of worship and not secular nonprofits would have been unfair and a violation of church-state separation,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

This unfair treaty, called the Munich Agreement, shows just how desperate the European powers were to avoid the outbreak of a war against Hitler’s Germany.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein