unfair

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæġer (“ugly”), equivalent to un- +‎ fair. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʌnˈfɛə(ɹ)/, [ɐnˈfɛə(ɹ)], /ʌnˈfɛː(ɹ)/, [ɐnˈfɛː(ɹ)] (General American) IPA(key): /ʌnˈfɛɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) === Adjective === unfair (comparative unfairer or more unfair, superlative unfairest or most unfair) Not fair. Not just. Synonyms: no fair, unjust, inequitable, unequitable Antonyms: fair, just, equitable Hyponym: iniquitous Coordinate terms: unequal, inequal (fairness is not always equality, but some inequality is unfair) (rare or archaic) Not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive. Antonyms: fair, beautiful, comely, pretty (archaic or obsolete) Sorrowful; sad. (archaic) Unseemly; disgraceful. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === unfair (third-person singular simple present unfairs, present participle unfairing, simple past and past participle unfaired) (transitive, obsolete) to make ugly === Anagrams === Funari == German == === Etymology === From un- +‎ fair. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʊnˌfɛːr/, [ˈʔʊn-], [ˈʔʊɱ-], [-ˌfɛːɐ̯], [-ˌfeːɐ̯], [-ˌfɛɐ̯] Hyphenation: un‧fair === Adjective === unfair (strong nominative masculine singular unfairer, comparative unfairer, superlative am unfairsten) unfair Synonyms: unlauter, ungerecht Antonym: fair ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “unfair” in Duden online “unfair” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache