UNFAIR in a Sentence

unfair

 a.  unjust; contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce

1  It was unfair and cruel because the doctor had told him not to read without glasses and he had written home to his father that morning to send him a new pair.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1

2  The prefect of studies was a priest but that was cruel and unfair.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1

3  But there could not be; and it was unjust and cruel and unfair.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1

4  And every fellow had said that it was unfair, even the fellow out of second of grammar who had said that about the senate and the Roman people.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1

5  'We will not be free from unfair competition till one of these fellows is hanged for an example,' he said.

Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II

6  In any case, she is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.

The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In FIRST ACT

7  There is something unfair about its use.

The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3

8  Her presence had seemed a blessing to them, but it would be unfair to her to keep her in poverty and want when Providence afforded her such powerful protection.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1

9  As he listened to him now, Levin felt ashamed to think how unfair he had been to him the day before.

Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 8

10  It is unfair, and I feel it, but.

Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 11

11  That's what's so distorting and upsetting and utterly unfair.

Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11

12  "I am indeed pleased to hear that you did not intend to profit by your unfair advantage," said Soames.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS

13  This is surely most unfair and ungenerous upon your part.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN

14  Everything that reminded him of his past was repugnant to him, and so in his relations with that former circle he confined himself to trying to do his duty and not to be unfair.

War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER V

15  But you know you may be unfair.

War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER IX

1  The inquiry found that they had been subjected to unfair treatment.

2  He still hopes to win his claim against unfair dismissal.

3  Two of the candidates complained of unfair muckraking during the election campaign.

4  It would be unfair not to let you have a choice.

5  The accusation of elitism seems unfair as the festival presents a wide range of music, with something to please everyone.

6  It would be unfair to Debby's family to speculate on the reasons for her suicide.

7  His former chauffeur is claiming unfair dismissal on the grounds of racial discrimination.

8  I can't imagine you being unfair to anyone, Leigh.

9  Sentimental children forever whining about how bitterly unfair your lives have been.

10  It seems unfair on him to make him pay for everything.

11  Life can be unfair sometimes, but that's no reason to give up on it.

12  It was damnably unfair that he should suffer so much.

13  Before being taken to the execution chamber he acknowledged that he deserved punishment, but he said it was unfair that he was paying the ultimate price while his co-defendant, his girlfriend, who was charged as a juvenile, had the chance of a normal life.

14  I really admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.

15  It seemed unfair to impute the accident on me, especially since they were the ones who ran the red light.