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Unfair

//ʌnˈfɛə(ɹ)// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not fair.; Not just.

    "It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends."

  2. 2
    Not fair.; Not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive. archaic, rare
  3. 3
    Not fair.; Sorrowful; sad. archaic, obsolete
  4. 4
    Not fair.; Unseemly; disgraceful. archaic
Adjective
  1. 1
    not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    to make ugly obsolete, transitive

    "Those hours that with gentle work did frame / The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell / Will play the tyrants to the very same / And that unfair which fairly doth excel."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæġer (“ugly”), equivalent to un- + fair.

Etymology 2

From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæġer (“ugly”), equivalent to un- + fair.

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