unfair
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unfair
Synonyms
dirty, foul, illegal, nasty, unsportsmanlike
Antonyms
clean, fair, legal, sportsmanlike, sportsmanly
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Employers who do so risk committing unfair labor practices and violations of antitrust law. — Michael Mccann, SI.com, "Legal Ramifications of Antonio Brown's Growing Dispute With Raiders," 5 Sep. 2019 Public resignations at the very least can help publicize unfair compensation practices. — Brianna Holt, Quartz, "How to get parity without quitting your job," 5 Sep. 2019 What about the cost of the unfair practices in which China regularly engages and which President Donald Trump is trying to address: currency manipulation, industrial espionage, etc.? — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Country must move forward; Libraries are not shelters; Trump looking at cost of doing business with China (9/2/19)," 3 Sep. 2019 Unionizing, supporters say, would also allow employees to hold companies accountable for harassment, unfair pay practices, and other civil and human rights issues. — Michelle Cheng, Quartz at Work, "Union pushes at places like YouTube and WeWork could transform white-collar work," 1 Sep. 2019 Many players have taken issue primarily with how unfair the mech suit can be to play against, with piloting enemies able to fire off 10 heat-seeking missiles every few seconds. — Nick Statt, The Verge, "Fortnite’s next tournament will also be its most controversial, thanks to mech suits," 16 Aug. 2019 American officials complain that a weak yuan gives Chinese exporters an unfair price edge in foreign markets and helps swell the massive U.S. trade deficit with China. — Joe Mcdonald, Twin Cities, "Lashing back, China lets yuan drop, halts US farm purchases," 5 Aug. 2019 The current college-admissions system may be unfair for many Americans, but when families try to game that system, the neediest students suffer the most. — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, "Trading Custody for Financial Aid," 30 July 2019 The surface of the dispute was over what CARO’s doctors saw as unfair business practices by the Authority. — al.com, "Public records access is supposed to be free in Alabama. But it cost one business $70,000.," 8 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unfair.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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