adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fair/unfair comparison
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A fair comparison between the two firms is extremely difficult.
an unfair advantage
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Companies that receive government subsidies have an unfair advantage.
an unfair/undue burden
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The new legislation put an unfair burden on employers.
underhand/unfair tactics (= actions which are not fair or honest )
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I wouldn't stoop to such sneaky, underhand tactics.
unfair competition
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This will protect the industry from unfair competition from abroad.
unfair dismissal
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Wilson was claiming compensation for unfair dismissal .
unfair means
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Anyone trying to use unfair means in an examination will be reported to the University.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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The present leasehold system affects an estimated three million owners and has been widely condemned as unfair and archaic.
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The either-or argument is of course as unfair as it is fallacious.
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Capitalism may be perceived as unfair , and needing reform, but it is also perceived as incapable of fundamental transformation.
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The market quickly comes to be seen as unfair , and political support for official privatization falls.
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The drug companies condemn the imports as unfair because they alone must foot the registration costs.
grossly
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In February 1977 Serfaty was finally put on trial in Kenitra, which Amnesty considered grossly unfair .
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This is not only grossly unfair , it is an impediment to good lending.
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That the Hammers should have been penalised for it, however, seems grossly unfair .
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It is still appallingly ill thought out and it will be grossly unfair .
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The impossibility of shaking them in cross-examination would make such a reform grossly unfair to the media.
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It's grossly unfair for television to single out one player from one game and conduct a kangaroo court there and then.
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This was, of course, dismissed by supporters of devolution as a grossly unfair caricature.
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We live in a desperately and grossly unfair world.
most
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Jean thought it most unfair to the organiser, in this case, Cecilia Taylor.
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That would be most unfair and unfortunate, and I am sure would not be what my right hon. Friend wishes.
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Sir Brian, you are most unfair .
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It would be most unfair if he should suffer for the Kaiser's unpopularity.
so
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It seemed so unfair but perhaps he was right.
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That was the final truth: just so unfair .
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He was being so unfair , so cruel!
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Oh, it was so unfair !
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Everything was so unfair , so bitterly frustrating.
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You have been so unfair to me!
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She didn't mean to, but it was so unfair .
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It seemed so unfair , somehow.
totally
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This image might be totally unfair .
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I regarded this as totally unfair since in my comments I had not picked on any particular individual.
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It represents totally unfair competition, not only to Tennis World but also to Tennis Magazine.
very
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Jenny was really being very unfair to him.
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It was very unfair and for Alec Davidson it was torture.
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All of which is very unfair .
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Male speaker It's very unfair .
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I banked over the let Anne see; the right-hand traffic rule is very unfair to passengers!
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This is very unfair to other hon. Members.
■ NOUN
advantage
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Salary caps are imposed to prevent richer clubs gaining an unfair advantage over poorer rivals by offering players inflated salaries.
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But if the absolute rise in eps is used, companies which begin with high eps have an unfair advantage .
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The first is that in so far as people continue to believe the figures, the Government derives an unfair advantage .
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After all, if they tried to play as women, they would be accused of stealing an unfair advantage .
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But 20-20 hindsight is an unfair advantage .
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The man had every possible unfair advantage .
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Certainly it will not in any way help John Smith to any sort of unfair advantage .
burden
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Unfortunately, some policyholders were inadequately insured, thus imposing an unfair burden on all the others.
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It would impose an unfair burden on the poor.
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They say such a requirement would place an unfair burden on them.
competition
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Crompton offers several different case studies where charges of unfair competition are made by the commercial sector provider against the government agency.
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It was felt by John Davis and others that the government was backing unfair competition with the commercial companies.
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It's unfair competition and unfair to the customer as well.
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This is successful marketing, not unfair competition .
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Part of the growth of road transport reflected the political tolerance of what unions and rail pressure groups regarded as unfair competition .
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It represents totally unfair competition , not only to Tennis World but also to Tennis Magazine.
discrimination
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As for Mr Gilbert, an industrial tribunal dismissed his claim of unfair discrimination .
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But unfair discrimination can keep women from the opportunity to become a boss.
dismissal
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Compensation for unfair dismissal or redundancy may be available to you if you have lost your job and fulfil the qualifying requirements.
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Anyone who believes they have been subject to unfair dismissal can complain to an industrial tribunal.
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The Court of Appeal concluded that he ordinarily worked outside Great Britain and was therefore unable to pursue an unfair dismissal claim.
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Dave, 30, of Bolton and Allan, 37, of Liverpool say no-one had complained and are claiming unfair dismissal .
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They all made a complaint of unfair dismissal .
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By contrast, industrial tribunals in the exercise of the unfair dismissal jurisdiction are concerned with disputes between employee and employer.
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Such dismissals may lead to claims for unfair dismissal and/or redundancy payments.
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The union withdrew its support; the women lost their case for unfair dismissal as a consequence.
practices
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The all-male strip troupe are being checked out by the Office of Fair Trading after a rival group complained about unfair practices .
trade
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As citizens we can oppose unfair trade and voice that opposition to our political leaders.
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To hear the industry's lobbyists tell it, this hinges on political willingness to fight unfair trade .
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Britain has been a loser country in a manifestly unfair trade environment.
treatment
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Individual citizens and minority communities themselves need protection against the power of the state and against discrimination and unfair treatment .
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Should Janice suffer in silence in the face of continued unfair treatment by her head?
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But he will not in the end tolerate injustice and unfair treatment on either side.
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Grossly unfair treatment could affect your physical and mental well-being, as well as that of members of your close family.
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There were only a very few complaints about unfair treatment from staff, but many about antipathy from male students.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an unfair advantage
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The press has been accused of unfair coverage of the recent elections.
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There is nothing unfair about a story that is written from both points of view.
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U.S. industries want to protect themselves from unfair foreign competition.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But would that have been unfair ?
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He feels strongly that racially based scholarships are unfair .
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However, it may be unfair to accuse the candidates of failing to attain the unattainable.
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It seemed so unfair but perhaps he was right.
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It was so deeply, wholly unfair .
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No legal framework prevails to enable disabled people to counteract discrimination, unfair employment practices, problems of access, etc.
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The unfair dismissal jurisdiction accounts for about three-quarters of the business of the tribunals.
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The liberal press was said to be unjust, unfair and unpatriotic and deserved to be closed down.