as in foul
not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport
a team that is notorious throughout the league for its record of unfair play
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Recent Examples of unfair
Before the ban, transgender girls in West Virginia could compete on female teams unless the state athletic body determined theirparticipation was unsafe or unfair to other athletes.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
To evaluate claims of unfair advantages, strangers may request hormone or genetic testing to look for common biological variations that cisgender children and their parents may not even be aware of.
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Megan Gandy,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
Behind the scenes, fatigue or resentment can reveal where work has become unfair or is unevenly distributed.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
Congress should start today to work on ending expensive and unfair to our country, birthright citizenship.
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Marissa Armas,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unfair
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
To evaluate claims of unfair advantages, strangers may request hormone or genetic testing to look for common biological variations that cisgender children and their parents may not even be aware of.
—
Megan Gandy,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
Behind the scenes, fatigue or resentment can reveal where work has become unfair or is unevenly distributed.
—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
Congress should start today to work on ending expensive and unfair to our country, birthright citizenship.
—
Marissa Armas,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unfair
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfair
Adjective
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Human remains were found in the chimney of a public school in Queens, New York, on Tuesday morning while officials were investigating a foul odor, according to police.
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While some of the Dutch pleaded for a foul, Gakpo raced in to score on the rebound.
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Including some rather nasty, big corpo bullies who enlist specialist teams to hunt down clues, and other players, too.
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Betty Kovacs, the eldest daughter of comedian Ernie Kovacs who with her sister Kippie and stepmother, actress-singer Edie Adams, was at the center of a nasty custody battle that kept Hollywood riveted in 1962, has died.
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“Unfair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfair. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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