Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unfair"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unfair \Un*fair"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fair.]
To deprive of fairness or beauty. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
You come, like an unfair merchant, to charge me with
being in your debt. --Swift.
-- {Un*fair"ly}, adv -- {Un*fair"}ness, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unfair
adj 1: showing favoritism [syn: {partial}] [ant: {impartial}]
2: not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception;
"used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an
unfair advantage" [syn: {unjust}] [ant: {fair}]
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