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    Unfair

    Definition

    adjective | not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception

    Pronunciation

    uhnf'er (IPA: ənfˈɛr)

    Hyphenation

    un-fair (6 letters | 2 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1300 (High Middle ages) (725 years ago)

    Word origin

    Old English

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 4404th most common (1 in 50000 words) ( > 99% adjective)

    spoken: 2878th most common (1 in 71429 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    unfairer | unfairest

    Synonym

    unjust

    Antonym

    fair

    Rhymes

    affair | aware | bare | bear | beware | billionaire | blare | care | chair | compare | concessionaire | dare | debonair | declare | despair | ... (total: 55) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    funfair

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 不公平的 (adjective) Hindi: | अनुचित (adjective) Arabic: | مُجحِف (adjective) Spanish: | injusto (behavior) | parcial (behavior) French: | injuste (behavior) | partial (behavior)

    Other notable uses

    unfair.com | unfair.net | unfair.org

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Aggrieved person's cry, maybe | Below-the-belt | Not just | Protester's sign word (total: 4) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    9 (International English) | 9 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ?86-3247

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