unfairnessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈfɛːnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɛrnəs/ Lack of fairness or equity; injustice.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [noun]
unrighteOE
unrightnessOE
unrightfulnessc1275
wrongousnessc1325
the wrongc1330
unequityc1380
injustice1390
unreasonc1390
wrongfulnessa1400
unskilfulnessc1410
unjustnessc1443
unevennessa1470
unjusticea1475
disreason1480
unreasonablenessc1515
inequity1556
iniquity1587
non-reason1597
unequalness1628
unfairness1713
wrongness1833
society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > unfairness
unevennessa1470
inequity1556
iniquity1587
unequity1598
unequalness1628
unfairness1713
unsportingness1932
1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking II. xlv. 33 We may observe from this Passage..the unfairness and malignity of our Writer.
1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. viii. x. 387 [They]..have a certain instinctive sense of its unfairness.
1833 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. ii. xx. 192 The unfairness which looks for different results in the second century from those which are produced in the nineteenth.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 232 He is occasionally playing both parts himself, and even charging his own arguments with unfairness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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