unfairly
adverb
un·fair·ly
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Definition of unfairly
: in an unfair manner
Examples of unfairly in a Sentence
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The former official said that she has been unfairly made a target of resentment by longtime members of the Trump world who were suspicious of her Republican National Committee roots. — Arden Farhi, CBS News, "Trump addresses abrupt departure of his personal assistant Madeleine Westerhout," 30 Aug. 2019 Tow operators believe they are being unfairly targeted by police, and the South Alabama Towing and Recovery Association has since called for the operators to be returned to the police’s rotation list. — al, "Another round of suspensions against Mobile towing companies as city eyes ‘broken ordinance’," 20 Aug. 2019 This was like an insidious game of whack-a-mole: as soon as African Americans fought to remove one barrier, another new one sprang up based on false perceptions that black people were benefiting unfairly. — Calvin Schermerhorn, Twin Cities, "Calvin Schermerhorn: Why the racial wealth gap persists more than 150 years after emancipation," 27 June 2019 Experts say the movement could cut both ways for the comedian, making some potential jurors more hostile toward him and others more likely to think men are being unfairly accused. — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, "#MeToo: A timeline of events," 13 June 2019 The team having no female members is notable because three former female co-workers have complained publicly that Facilities Director Tom Parent treated them unfairly. — Josh Verges, Twin Cities, "Critics challenge independence of experts reviewing St. Paul school construction woes," 26 Aug. 2019 Heather Coleman, a tree biotechnologist at Syracuse University in New York, says the ban unfairly besmirches the reputation of trees modified by genetic engineering or gene editing. — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, "Scientists say sustainable forestry organizations should lift ban on biotech trees," 23 Aug. 2019 That person was scolded by yet another armchair pundit—perhaps unfairly, because Boston actually makes a similar point describing her life for the past 10 years. — Lila Maclellan, Quartz at Work, "Lessons from a young professional who just finished repaying $222,817.26 of student loans," 22 Aug. 2019 But Elton wasn't about to see the Duke and Duchess of Sussex unfairly attacked on his watch, and took to Twitter to set the record straight. — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, "Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres Defended Meghan Markle and Prince Harry After Yet More Online Attacks," 20 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unfairly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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