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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. »We will not accept unfair treatment of individuals… … Financial and business terms
unfairly — adv. Unfairly is used with these verbs: ↑blame, ↑criticize, ↑discriminate, ↑dismiss, ↑exclude, ↑judge, ↑penalize, ↑prejudice, ↑punish, ↑target, ↑tarnish, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
unfairly — unfair ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not based on or showing fairness; unjust. DERIVATIVES unfairly adverb unfairness noun … English terms dictionary
unfairly — adverb in an unfair manner they dealt with him unfairly their accusations hit below the belt • Syn: ↑below the belt • Ant: ↑fairly • Derived from adjective: ↑unfair … Useful english dictionary
unfairly dismissed — A statutory claim under the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. An employee who has been dismissed can make a claim to an Industrial Tribunal that he has been unfairly dismissed. If the employer is unable to show that the dismissal… … Law dictionary
unfairly call to account — index frame (charge falsely) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Unfairly — Unfair Un*fair , a. [AS. unf[ae]ger unlovely. See {Un } not, and {Fair}, a.] Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal. [1913 Webster] You come, like an unfair merchant, to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unfairly — adverb Date: 1713 in an unfair manner … New Collegiate Dictionary
unfairly — adverb In a manner that is unfair, which is not just … Wiktionary
unfairly — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unjustly, unreasonably, irregularly, illegally, immorally; see also brutally … English dictionary for students
