Synonyms for unfairness
un·fair·ness

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1. unfairness

   Injustice is a violation or denial of justice, an act or omission that is contrary to equity or justice; as, the injustice of unequal taxes. In legal usage a wrong involves injury to person, property, or reputation, as the result of evil intent; injustice applies to civil damage or loss, not necessarily involving injury to person or property, as by misrepresentation of goods which does not amount to a legal warranty. In popular usage, injustice may involve no direct injury to person, property, interest, or character, and no harmful intent, while wrong always involves both; one who attributes another's truly generous act to a selfish motive does him an injustice. Iniquity, in the original sense, is a want of or a deviation from equity; but it is now applied in the widest sense to any form of ill-doing. Compare synonyms for CRIMINAL; SIN.

   Synonyms:
   grievance, iniquity, injury, injustice, unrighteousness, wrong

   Antonyms:
   equity, fair play, fairness, faithfulness, honesty, honor, impartiality, integrity, justice, lawfulness, rectitude, right, righteousness, uprightness

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1. unfairnessnoun

   partiality that is not fair or equitable

   Synonyms:
   shabbiness, iniquity, injustice, inequity

   Antonyms:
   equity, fairness, candour, fair-mindedness, candor

2. unfairness, inequitynoun

   injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards

   Synonyms:
   shabbiness, iniquity, injustice, inequity

   Antonyms:
   equity, fair-mindedness, fairness, candour, candor

3. injustice, unfairness, iniquity, shabbinessnoun

   an unjust act

   Synonyms:
   unjustness, darkness, manginess, injustice, sleaziness, inequity, seediness, dark, immorality, shabbiness, wickedness, evil, iniquity

   Antonyms:
   candour, fairness, fair-mindedness, equity, candor

Matched Categories

1. • Injustice
   • Partiality

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. unfairnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   injustice, inequity, partiality

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1. List of paraphrases for "unfairness":

   injustice, inequity, iniquity, unfair, dishonesty, partiality, inequality, bias

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How to use unfairness in a sentence?

1. British Prime Minister David Cameron:

   It is difficult to imagine the feelings of unfairness that people must feel at being infected with Hepatitis C or HIV as a result of a totally unrelated treatment within the NHS, to each and every one of those people I would like to say sorry on behalf of the government for something that should not have happened.

2. Alexander Herzen:

   Human development is a form of chronological unfairness, since late-comers are able to profit by the labors of their predecessors without paying the same price.

3. Marco Rubio:

   Do I like tariffs as a matter of policy on any given day ? No. What other alternatives do you have to rebalance what has now been 30 years of cheating, lying, stealing and unfairness on behalf of the Chinese ?

4. Sonia Sotomayor:

   Our democracy rests on the ability of all individuals, regardless of race, income, or status, to exercise their right to vote, communities that are disproportionately affected by unnecessarily harsh registration laws should not tolerate efforts to marginalize their influence in the political process, nor should allies who recognize blatant unfairness stand idly by.

5. Kizza Besigye:

   This is nothing new, we are in this to overwhelm the unfreeness and the unfairness ... We'll just continue fighting.