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unfairly

  • adverb

In a manner that is unfair.

Example

“The carnival games were unfairly difficult, and hardly anybody won a prize.”

Synonyms

  • below the belt

Antonyms

  • fairly

Example sentences

  • “I believe I was treated unfairly.”

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This definition is adapted from “unfairly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.