Synonyms for unfairness
un·fair·ness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "unfairness":

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

How to pronounce unfairness?

How to say unfairness in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use unfairness in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Liv Ullmann:

   There is so much we have in common today with what was happening then, although it looks different today, the unfairness of how people are living today, compared to the unfairness of how people were living then, it is not better today.

3. Pete Buttigieg:

   (Trump) had this message about fairness and unfairness that should be the bread-and-butter of the Democratic Party.

4. 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.

5. The Post:

   If there is any hint of light in Iran’s levying of these chilling charges, it is that Iran’s accusations against Jason will soon be heard in the court of public opinion and also in a court of law, albeit in a Revolutionary Court before a judge whose unfairness has already earned him sanctions from the European Community for violations of human rights.