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The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.
Gaston Caperton

Meaning of "unfairness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNFAIRNESS

unfairness  [ʌnˈfɛənɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNFAIRNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unfairness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNFAIRNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

unfairness

Injustice

Injustice is a quality relating to unfairness or undeserved outcomes. The term may be applied in reference to a particular event or situation, or to a larger status quo. In Western philosophy and jurisprudence, injustice is very commonly, but not always, defined as either the absence or the opposite of justice. The sense of injustice is a universal human feature, though the exact circumstances considered unjust can vary from culture to culture. While even acts of nature can sometimes arouse the sense of injustice, the sense is usually felt in relation to human action such as misuse, abuse, neglect, or malfeasance that is uncorrected or else sanctioned by a legal system or fellow human beings. The sense of injustice can be a powerful motivational condition, causing people to take action not just to defend themselves but also others who they perceive to be unfairly treated.

Definition of unfairness in the English dictionary

The definition of unfairness in the dictionary is the quality of being unequal or unjust. Other definition of unfairness is the quality of being dishonest or unethical.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNFAIRNESS


awareness
əˈwɛənɪs
bareness
ˈbɛənɪs
baroness
ˈbærənɪs
bitterness
ˈbɪtənɪs
cleverness
ˈklevənɪs
dearness
ˈdɪənɪs
drunkenness
ˈdrʌŋkənɪs
eagerness
ˈiːɡənɪs
fairness
ˈfɛənɪs
lioness
ˈlaɪənɪs
otherness
ˈʌðənɪs
rareness
ˈrɛənɪs
self-awareness
ˈsɛlfəˈwɛənɪs
sourness
ˈsaʊənɪs
tenderness
ˈtɛndənɪs
thoroughness
ˈθʌrənɪs
togetherness
təˈɡɛðənɪs
unawareness
ˌʌnəˈwɛənɪs
unwareness
ʌnˈwɛənɪs
wilderness
ˈwɪldənɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNFAIRNESS

unfadingly
unfadingness
unfailing
unfailingly
unfailingness
unfair
unfair dismissal
unfairer
unfairest
unfairly
unfaith
unfaithful
unfaithfully
unfaithfulness
unfaked
unfallen
unfallible
unfalsifiable
unfaltering
unfalteringly

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNFAIRNESS

a voice in the wilderness
Barrow-in-Furness
betterness
business
clearness
die in harness
farness
Furness
globularness
governess
harness
in harness
in the wilderness
Inverness
nearness
poorness
queerness
Sheerness
slenderness
soberness
the Wilderness

Synonyms and antonyms of unfairness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unfairness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNFAIRNESS

Find out the translation of unfairness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unfairness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unfairness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不公平
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

injusticia
570 millions of speakers

English

unfairness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अन्याय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الظلم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несправедливость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

injustiça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পক্ষপাতদুষ্টতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

injustice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketidakadilan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ungerechtigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不公平
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불공정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora adil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất công
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அநீதியின்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अन्याय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

insafsızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ingiustizia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieuczciwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

несправедливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nedreptate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδικία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onregverdigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

orätt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

urettferdighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unfairness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFAIRNESS»

The term «unfairness» is regularly used and occupies the 63.407 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFAIRNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unfairness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unfairness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unfairness

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNFAIRNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unfairness.
1
Cheri Bustos
From the time I was a little girl, I'd just always been naturally curious. And I was raised in a family that... would just get really worked up about inequities and unfairness.
2
Gaston Caperton
The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.
3
Barry Diller
We have a tax code whose complications and levels of unfairness and levels of choosing people to give tax breaks to and choosing people to deny them to is thousands of pages long with endless complications and unbelievable manipulations by everybody.
4
Mary Douglas
Yes, disappointment over perceived unfairness, injustice, promises not kept, tends to go hand in hand with increasing prosperity. Expectations are dashed. What can I say!
5
Harvey Fierstein
When a politician like Marco Rubio is willing to sacrifice his career defining immigration reform legislation solely to insure that gays and lesbians are denied equal protection under the law, we have to admit that we're under attack. This is not pragmatic politics at work. These are the policies of bias, exclusion and unfairness.
6
Rachel Griffiths
We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
7
Ellie Kemper
I've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist.
8
Neil Kinnock
Margaret Thatcher was not a malicious person. She was a person who couldn't see, or didn't want to see, the unfairness and disadvantaging consequences of the application of what she thought to be a renewing ideology.
9
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
It is important to feel the anger without judging it, without attempting to find meaning in it. It may take many forms: anger at the health-care system, at life, at your loved one for leaving. Life is unfair. Death is unfair. Anger is a natural reaction to the unfairness of loss.
10
Jack Layton
There are great challenges before you, from the overwhelming nature of climate change to the unfairness of an economy that excludes so many from our collective wealth, and the changes necessary to build a more inclusive and generous Canada. I believe in you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNFAIRNESS»

Discover the use of unfairness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unfairness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Young People, Death and the Unfairness of Everything
In this book, Nick Luxmoore explores the problems that arise when death is not openly discussed with young people and offers invaluable advice about how best to allay concerns without having to pretend that there are easy answers.
Nick Luxmoore, 2012
2
Ending the Hidden Unfairness in U.S. Elections: Let's Use ...
The book also contains eight cartoons and a poem. At the front of the book are suggestions for how to read only portions of the book.
‎2006
3
The equal opportunities handbook: how to deal with everyday ...
This guide sets out straightforward procedures, relevant to all types of situations, that demonstrate how simple it is to behave with fairness, courtesy and sensitivity to all--regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability or ...
Phillip Edward Clements, Tony Spinks, 2006
4
Not Fair!: The Typology of Commonsense Unfairness
Annotation In his systematic analysis of "fairness" and "unfairness," Finkel (psychology, Georgetown U.) discusses how claims of unfair treatment not only inform our judicial system but are implicit in news reports and everyday conversation ...
Norman J. Finkel, 2001
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Ten Top Stories
SO MUCH UNFAIRNESS OF THINGS BY C. D. B. BRYAN © © Ci The Virginia Preparatory School lies just off the Shirley Highway between Washington, D. C, and Richmond. It is a small Southern school with dull red brick dormitories and ...
David A. Sohn, 1985
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The Unfairness of Angels
Out of his grief comes The Unfairness of Angels, a collection of poems that is not only a tribute to one woman's life, but also the story of one young man's search for meaning.
Matthew Bartram, 2010
7
Sourcebook on Contract Law
CONTRACTUAL. UNFAIRNESS. CONFLICTING. VALUES. Two opposing values cause strains within the law of contract. On the one hand, there is a desire to do justice, but at the same time, the courts are keen to promote certainty or ...
Oughton, 2000
8
International Handbook of Student Experience in Elementary ...
And when faced with an incident of unfairness, what range of response strategies is open to a young person in school? The present study expanded on previous work by listening to younger children and focusing more closely on the nature of  ...
Dennis Thiessen, Alison Cook-Sather, 2007
9
Information Networking: Convergence in Broadband and Mobile ...
Convergence in Broadband and Mobile Networking. International Conference, ICOIN 2005, Jeju Island, Korea, January 31 - February 2, 2005, Proceedings Cheeha Kim. Adaptive Vegas: A Solution of Unfairness Problem for TCP Vegas Qing ...
Cheeha Kim, 2005
10
Chinese Contract Law: Theory and Practice
Apparently, the notion of the obvious unfairness does not include any risk commonly associated with business operations. Therefore, any imbalance, caused by the change of market situation (e.g. rise or fall of price), between the rights and ...
Mo Zhang, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNFAIRNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unfairness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Men accept unfairness from pretty women, study finds
Males are more likely to tolerate "unfair offers" from females if they are attractive, a study into the effects of beauty on our responses has claimed. In 'The ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Why men may be more likely to tolerate unfairness from attractive …
Specifically, the research found that men are more likely to tolerate unfairness from attractive women. In the study, researchers led by Quingguo Ma, Ph.D., ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
3
Qld magistrate rebuked for 'extreme unfairness' of convicting absent …
A controversial Queensland magistrate has been rebuked for running a trial “infected by unfairness of the most extreme order” after he convicted a man in his ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
How Boies Did It: Relentless Focus on U.S. Unfairness to AIG
During the trial, David Boies was his usual mildly rumpled and mostly unpretentious self, peering over his reading glasses, padding around in his hallmark black ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
5
Powerful People Are Sensitive to Unfairness—If They're the Victims
Why do instances of unfairness produce such disparate reactions? Newly published research suggests a deep-seated psychological phenomenon provides at ... «Pacific Standard, Jun 15»
6
Life's Unfairness, Pothole Division
Late summer, clomp-clomping in my sandals down Madison Avenue, hustling to arrive at work on time. Adjacent to me was one of New York City's willowy, ... «New York Times, May 15»
7
Beck to Obama: 'Unfairness' Didn't Drive Baltimore Unrest, Liberal …
beck President Obama recently said that a sense of unfairness and powerlessness has fueled unrest in places like Ferguson and Baltimore, and that really set ... «Mediaite, May 15»
8
Obama Addresses 'Unfairness' and Baltimore in Bronx Speech
Obama spoke of a "sense of unfairness, and of powerlessness" among protesters in Baltimore and elsewhere who have demonstrated against police violence in ... «RollingStone.com, May 15»
9
Clinton will call out 'fundamental unfairness' of criminal justice …
The campaign statement said Clinton would discuss “the hard truth and fundamental unfairness in our country that today African-American men are far more ... «Raw Story, Apr 15»
10
Clinton Announcement Video Alludes To Unfairness Of American Life
In announcing her run for president, Hillary Clinton said "the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top." NPR's Robert Siegel talks to pollster Carroll Doherty ... «NPR, Apr 15»

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