Syntaxiom

unfairly

/ənˈfɛɹɫi/ adv B1 ✓

In a manner that is unfair.

Word Origin Unfair is simply un- 'not' + fair. Fair originally meant 'beautiful, pleasing' in Old English, but by the 1300s it had shifted to mean 'just, equitable' — perhaps because justice is a beautiful thing. Unfairly is the adverb: doing something in an unjust way.

adv In a manner that is unfair. B1 ✓

The judge ruled unfairly in favor of the wealthy defendant.

(副词) 不公正地；不公平地

法官不公正地偏袒了富有的被告。

(adverbio) injustamente; deslealmente; parcialmente; inicuamente [De manera injusta.]

El juez falló injustamente a favor del demandado acaudalado.

(adverbe) injustement; inéquitablement [D'une manière injuste, inéquitable.]

Le juge a tranché **unfairly** en faveur du défendeur fortuné.

(Adverb) ungerecht; unfair [**unfairly** (Adv.) – auf eine Weise, die ungerecht oder parteiisch ist.]

Der Richter urteilte **unfairly** zugunsten des wohlhabenden Angeklagten.

(副詞) 不公平な方法で。

裁判官は裕福な被告に有利な不当な判決を下した。

(advérbio) injustamente [De maneira injusta.]

O juiz decidiu injustamente a favor do réu rico.

Synonyms: unjustly inequitably wrongly partially biasedly dishonestly Antonyms: fairly justly equitably impartially

Common collocations

treat verb dismiss verb discriminate verb against prep act verb may verb perhaps adv prejudicial adj right subst rather adv circumstance subst feel verb

Related words

fairly fairness unfairness

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