unfairadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈfɛː/, U.S.

/ˌənˈfɛ(ə)r/

Etymology: Old English unfæger ( < un- un- prefix¹ 1 + fæger fair adj.), = Old Norse úfagr (Norwegian ufager), Gothic unfagrs.

†1.

a. Not fair or beautiful; uncomely; disfigured; ugly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective]

unfairc888

unhonestc1384

unlovesomec1390

uncomelya1400

unfreelya1400

unlovelyc1400

unbeautiful1495

beautiless1531

unpretty1562

unhandsomea1586

loveless1601

featureless1609

invenust1623

unhighted?1630

unbeauteousa1660

plain1675

wanliesum1818

unbonny1830

ordinary1847

plainish1856

unsonsy1894

society > morality > moral evil > [adjective]

unfairc888

missOE

ungoodc1000

quedec1275

wondlichc1275

badc1330

divers1340

quedeful1340

shrewdc1384

lewdc1386

ungoodly1390

diverse1393

noughta1400

imperfectc1400

noughtyc1400

unblesseda1425

sinister1474

naughty?a1500

podea1522

naught1536

pelsy1785

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adverb]

unfaira1400–50

unorderly1488

throughothera1522

troublesomely1561

disorderedly1574

disorderlya1577

tumultuarily1590

troubledly1599

incomposedly1615

throughothers1637

hirdy-girdy1681

à la débandade1779

disordinately1830

inchoately1964

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xli. §4 Sio gefrednes..ne mæg gefredan hwæðer he bið þe blæc þe hwit, ðe fæger ðe unfæger.

971 Blickl. Hom. 111 [Him] þincð his neawist laþlico & unfæger.

OE Beowulf 727 Him of eagum stod ligge gelicost leoht unfæger.

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 530 Larbata, se unfægera.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 22509 Þe sun þat es sa bright..It sal becum þan ful vnfair, Dune and blak sum ani hair.

a1400–50 Alexander 4864 Rochis & rogh stanes, rokkis vnfaire.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1572 Þe froþe femed at his mouth vnfayre bi þe wykeȝ.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 548 In oon maner of sumwhat foul or vnfair schap and in oon maner of poor and symple colour.

a1500 Ratis Raving i. 1722 Þis eild is wnfair of fassoun, And failȝes of perfectioun.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Onschoon, vnfaire, or Vnbeautifull.

†b. Wicked; evil, bad. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective]

woughc888

litherc893

frakeda900

sinnyc950

unrighteouseOE

baleOE

manOE

unfeleOE

ungoodc1000

unwrasta1122

illc1175

nithec1175

wickc1175

hinderfulc1200

quedec1275

wickedc1275

wondlichc1275

unkindc1325

badc1330

divers1340

wrakefula1350

felonousc1374

flagitiousc1384

lewdc1386

noughta1387

ungoodly1390

unquertc1390

diverse1393

felona1400

imperfectc1400

unfairc1400

unfinec1400

unblesseda1425

meschant?c1450

naughtyc1460

feculent1471

sinister1474

noughty?1490

ill-deedya1500

pernicious?1533

scelerous1534

naught1536

goodlyc1560

nefarious1567

iron1574

felly1583

paganish1587

improbate1596

malefactious1607

villain1607

infand1608

scelestious1609

illful1613

scelestic1628

inimicitious1641

infandous1645

iniquous1655

improbous1657

malefactory1667

perta1704

iniquitous1726

unracy1782

unredeemed1799

demoralized1800

fetid1805

scarlet1820

gammy1832

nefast1849

disvaluable1942

badass1955

bad-assed1962

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1801 He was corsed for his vnclannes,..Done doun of his dyngnete for dedez vnfayre.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 123 Bot I trow falsat euirmar Sall haue vnfair and euill ending.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 123 For wnfayr thingis may fall perfay Als weill to-morn as ȝhisterday.

2. Not fair or equitable; unjust:

a. Of actions, conduct, etc.; spec. of (business) competition.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective] > unfair

unmethea1300

unevenc1380

inique1521

unequal1535

unegall1589

unequitable1643

inequitable1667

unfair1713

iniquitablea1734

unsportsmanlike1754

unsportsmanly1776

rough1801

unsporting1859

below the belt1892

red-hot1896

1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous ii, in Wks. (1871) I. 319 This shifting, unfair Method of yours.

1746 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist farther Explain'd 5 If indeed it were so abridged as to alter the Sense, this would be unfair.

1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 98 This conclusion appeared so unfair,..that she burst into tears.

1854 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 229 There was a very unfair Review in the Athenæum.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 185 Riding a well-bred powerful horse, which evidently made little of his somewhat unfair weight.

1890 Federal Reporter (1891) 44 278 The relief sought is based on the charge that the denomination used is untrue, is calculated to deceive the public, and operates as an unfair and fraudulent competition against the business of the complainants.

1909 H. D. Nims Law Unfair Business Competition 2 Unfair competition..exists wherever unfair means are used in trade rivalry.

1931 Economist 17 Jan. 103/1 The only recommendation..is that which would require road hauliers to be licensed..with a view to eliminating unfair competition in the transport of goods by carriers who do not conform to decent standards of wages and hours.

1963 Observer 3 Nov. 33/1 ‘Unfair competition’ is competition you cannot meet, and ‘free enterprise’ a condition where the Government regulations ensure that you make money.

1983 Economist 5 Feb. 62/1 They deplore the unfair competition between law-abiding and tax-evading firms, and the loss to the State.

b. Of persons, the mind, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adjective]

unrighteOE

unrightfulOE

wrongousa1200

wrongfulc1311

unevenc1380

unjustc1384

untrue1393

injustc1430

unreasonablec1440

unduec1450

inique1521

unequal1535

wry1561

undeserved?c1570

justless1578

unrighted1608

unequitable1643

inequitable1667

unfair1724

iniquitablea1734

unsportsmanlike1754

unsportsmanly1776

unsporting1859

below the belt1892

red-hot1896

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective] > unfair > specifically of persons

unevenc1475

unequal1588

unfair1724

1724 D. Waterland Farther Vindic. Christ's Divinity ii. §15. 57 Sometimes they complain of me as very unfair to take an Advantage of an Opinion of theirs.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vi. 226 Opportunity to an unfair Mind of explaining away,..That Evidence.

1812 W. Scott Let. 3 July (1932) III. 138 I do not know the motive would make me enter into controversy with a fair or an unfair literary critic.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xiii. ii, in Maud & Other Poems 45 Who shall call me ungentle, unfair.

c. spec. Not paying the usual rate of wages.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > [adjective] > other types of work

gentlea1425

rurala1500

jobbing1705

universal1706

non-paying1843

sweated1883

unfair1886

direct1922

entry-level1949

sidebar1952

front end1976

intrapreneurial1978

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Oct. 10/2 To give their printing contract..to what was known in the trade as an ‘unfair house’.

1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 149 Unfair offices, this term is applied by society hands generally to those printing offices where the existing scale of prices is not recognized.

3. Of the wind: Unfavourable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > unfavourable or contrary

contraryc1384

reversea1393

awaywarda1500

contrariousa1513

foul1657

contradictious1766

unfavourable1788

unfair1801

1801 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 299 If the wind proved fair..they should be sent up the harbour, but if unfair, no time would have been lost.

1802 Naval Chron. 8 433 The wind being unfair at S.W.

4. Not fitting or corresponding exactly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective] > proper or standard > accurate in fit > not fitting

unfair1869

1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xix. 415 That drifting unfair holes would be considered bad work.

1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 58 Great precautions are..necessary to prevent unfair seams in the subsequent operations of laying the deck.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unfair
释义	unfairadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈfɛː/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɛ(ə)r/ Etymology: Old English unfæger ( < un- un- prefix¹ 1 + fæger fair adj.), = Old Norse úfagr (Norwegian ufager), Gothic unfagrs. †1. a. Not fair or beautiful; uncomely; disfigured; ugly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] unfairc888 unhonestc1384 unlovesomec1390 uncomelya1400 unfreelya1400 unlovelyc1400 unbeautiful1495 beautiless1531 unpretty1562 unhandsomea1586 loveless1601 featureless1609 invenust1623 unhighted?1630 unbeauteousa1660 plain1675 wanliesum1818 unbonny1830 ordinary1847 plainish1856 unsonsy1894 society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] unfairc888 missOE ungoodc1000 quedec1275 wondlichc1275 badc1330 divers1340 quedeful1340 shrewdc1384 lewdc1386 ungoodly1390 diverse1393 noughta1400 imperfectc1400 noughtyc1400 unblesseda1425 sinister1474 naughty?a1500 podea1522 naught1536 pelsy1785 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adverb] unfaira1400–50 unorderly1488 throughothera1522 troublesomely1561 disorderedly1574 disorderlya1577 tumultuarily1590 troubledly1599 incomposedly1615 throughothers1637 hirdy-girdy1681 à la débandade1779 disordinately1830 inchoately1964 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xli. §4 Sio gefrednes..ne mæg gefredan hwæðer he bið þe blæc þe hwit, ðe fæger ðe unfæger. 971 Blickl. Hom. 111 [Him] þincð his neawist laþlico & unfæger. OE Beowulf 727 Him of eagum stod ligge gelicost leoht unfæger. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 530 Larbata, se unfægera. a1300 Cursor Mundi 22509 Þe sun þat es sa bright..It sal becum þan ful vnfair, Dune and blak sum ani hair. a1400–50 Alexander 4864 Rochis & rogh stanes, rokkis vnfaire. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1572 Þe froþe femed at his mouth vnfayre bi þe wykeȝ. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 548 In oon maner of sumwhat foul or vnfair schap and in oon maner of poor and symple colour. a1500 Ratis Raving i. 1722 Þis eild is wnfair of fassoun, And failȝes of perfectioun. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Onschoon, vnfaire, or Vnbeautifull. †b. Wicked; evil, bad. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective] woughc888 litherc893 frakeda900 sinnyc950 unrighteouseOE baleOE manOE unfeleOE ungoodc1000 unwrasta1122 illc1175 nithec1175 wickc1175 hinderfulc1200 quedec1275 wickedc1275 wondlichc1275 unkindc1325 badc1330 divers1340 wrakefula1350 felonousc1374 flagitiousc1384 lewdc1386 noughta1387 ungoodly1390 unquertc1390 diverse1393 felona1400 imperfectc1400 unfairc1400 unfinec1400 unblesseda1425 meschant?c1450 naughtyc1460 feculent1471 sinister1474 noughty?1490 ill-deedya1500 pernicious?1533 scelerous1534 naught1536 goodlyc1560 nefarious1567 iron1574 felly1583 paganish1587 improbate1596 malefactious1607 villain1607 infand1608 scelestious1609 illful1613 scelestic1628 inimicitious1641 infandous1645 iniquous1655 improbous1657 malefactory1667 perta1704 iniquitous1726 unracy1782 unredeemed1799 demoralized1800 fetid1805 scarlet1820 gammy1832 nefast1849 disvaluable1942 badass1955 bad-assed1962 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1801 He was corsed for his vnclannes,..Done doun of his dyngnete for dedez vnfayre. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 123 Bot I trow falsat euirmar Sall haue vnfair and euill ending. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 123 For wnfayr thingis may fall perfay Als weill to-morn as ȝhisterday. 2. Not fair or equitable; unjust: a. Of actions, conduct, etc.; spec. of (business) competition. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective] > unfair unmethea1300 unevenc1380 inique1521 unequal1535 unegall1589 unequitable1643 inequitable1667 unfair1713 iniquitablea1734 unsportsmanlike1754 unsportsmanly1776 rough1801 unsporting1859 below the belt1892 red-hot1896 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous ii, in Wks. (1871) I. 319 This shifting, unfair Method of yours. 1746 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist farther Explain'd 5 If indeed it were so abridged as to alter the Sense, this would be unfair. 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 98 This conclusion appeared so unfair,..that she burst into tears. 1854 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 229 There was a very unfair Review in the Athenæum. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 185 Riding a well-bred powerful horse, which evidently made little of his somewhat unfair weight. 1890 Federal Reporter (1891) 44 278 The relief sought is based on the charge that the denomination used is untrue, is calculated to deceive the public, and operates as an unfair and fraudulent competition against the business of the complainants. 1909 H. D. Nims Law Unfair Business Competition 2 Unfair competition..exists wherever unfair means are used in trade rivalry. 1931 Economist 17 Jan. 103/1 The only recommendation..is that which would require road hauliers to be licensed..with a view to eliminating unfair competition in the transport of goods by carriers who do not conform to decent standards of wages and hours. 1963 Observer 3 Nov. 33/1 ‘Unfair competition’ is competition you cannot meet, and ‘free enterprise’ a condition where the Government regulations ensure that you make money. 1983 Economist 5 Feb. 62/1 They deplore the unfair competition between law-abiding and tax-evading firms, and the loss to the State. b. Of persons, the mind, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adjective] unrighteOE unrightfulOE wrongousa1200 wrongfulc1311 unevenc1380 unjustc1384 untrue1393 injustc1430 unreasonablec1440 unduec1450 inique1521 unequal1535 wry1561 undeserved?c1570 justless1578 unrighted1608 unequitable1643 inequitable1667 unfair1724 iniquitablea1734 unsportsmanlike1754 unsportsmanly1776 unsporting1859 below the belt1892 red-hot1896 society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective] > unfair > specifically of persons unevenc1475 unequal1588 unfair1724 1724 D. Waterland Farther Vindic. Christ's Divinity ii. §15. 57 Sometimes they complain of me as very unfair to take an Advantage of an Opinion of theirs. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vi. 226 Opportunity to an unfair Mind of explaining away,..That Evidence. 1812 W. Scott Let. 3 July (1932) III. 138 I do not know the motive would make me enter into controversy with a fair or an unfair literary critic. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xiii. ii, in Maud & Other Poems 45 Who shall call me ungentle, unfair. c. spec. Not paying the usual rate of wages. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [adjective] > other types of work gentlea1425 rurala1500 jobbing1705 universal1706 non-paying1843 sweated1883 unfair1886 direct1922 entry-level1949 sidebar1952 front end1976 intrapreneurial1978 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Oct. 10/2 To give their printing contract..to what was known in the trade as an ‘unfair house’. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 149 Unfair offices, this term is applied by society hands generally to those printing offices where the existing scale of prices is not recognized. 3. Of the wind: Unfavourable. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > unfavourable or contrary contraryc1384 reversea1393 awaywarda1500 contrariousa1513 foul1657 contradictious1766 unfavourable1788 unfair1801 1801 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 299 If the wind proved fair..they should be sent up the harbour, but if unfair, no time would have been lost. 1802 Naval Chron. 8 433 The wind being unfair at S.W. 4. Not fitting or corresponding exactly. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective] > proper or standard > accurate in fit > not fitting unfair1869 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xix. 415 That drifting unfair holes would be considered bad work. 1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 58 Great precautions are..necessary to prevent unfair seams in the subsequent operations of laying the deck. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). unfairv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈfɛː/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɛ(ə)r/ Etymology: un- prefix² 1d(c). transitive. To deprive of fairness or beauty. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > disfigure [verb (transitive)] loathly?c1225 defacec1374 disfigurec1374 emblemishc1384 defoula1387 unhighta1387 disray1431 deform?c1450 foul?c1450 deflower1486 defeata1492 unbeauty1495 deflourisha1513 disform?1520 ungarnish1530 disfashiona1535 disfavour1535 disgrace1549 unbeautify1570 uglify1576 disbeautify1577 dishonest1581 disshape1583 disornament1593 disadorn1598 undeck1598 disvisage1603 unfair1609 untrim1609 debellish1610 disfair1628 discomplexion1640 devenustate1653 disfeature1659 monkeyfy1707 ugly1740 defeature1792 dedecorate1804 scarecrow1853 nastify1873 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets v. sig. B2 Those howers..Will play the tirants to the very same, And that vnfaire which fairely doth excell. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † unfairadv. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 5b: compare unfair v. Obsolete. In a rough, disorderly, or untidy manner. ΚΠ OE Genesis 2063 Gripon unfægre under sceat werum scearpe garas. a1400–50 Alexander 555 Cloudis clenely to-clefe, clatird vn-faire. a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 163 in Poems (1981) 116 Atouir his belt his lyart lokkis lay Felterit vnfair. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13891 With the remnond full rade he rixlit unfaire. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c888v.1609adv.OE
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unfairadj.

unfairv.

† unfairadv.