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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unfair \Un*fair"\, verb (used with an object) [1st pref. un- + fair.] To deprive of fairness or beauty. [R.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unfair \Un*fair"\, adjective [AS. unf[ae]ger unlovely. See {Un-} not, and {Fair}, adjective] Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
You come, like an unfair merchant, to charge me with being in your debt. --Swift. -- {Un*fair"ly}, adverb -- {Un*fair"ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
unfair
adjective
1: showing favoritism [syn: {partial}] [ant: {impartial}]
2: not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage" [syn: {unjust}] [ant: {fair}]
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