unfairly

unfairly
unfair UK US /ʌnˈfeər/ adjective
► not morally right, or not treating people in an equal way: »

Businesses argue that the tax idea is unfair because it is based on revenue, rather than profit.

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We will not accept unfair treatment of individuals whether it be because of race, sex, age or religion.

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Critics of the bill think that new service providers will be given an unfair advantage over cable companies with existing franchise agreements.

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unfair competition/practices/subsidies

 be/seem unfair to do sth »

It is unfair to judge infrastructure services on the basis of return on investment.

 be/seem unfair that »

It seems unfair that the Scottish and Irish fishing industries should be hardest hit when other EU countries have also contributed to the over-fishing problem.

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grossly/really unfair

unfairly adverb
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Some departments claim that they were treated unfairly in the reorganization.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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