► unfair/not fair not right or fair, especially because not everyone has an equal opportunity: · The present welfare system is grossly unfair.· It’s not fair that people are paying different prices for the same tickets.
► unjust not fair or right according to the principles of a particular society: · He believed it was an illegal and unjust war.· unjust laws
► unequal unfair because people are treated in different ways or because some people have more power than others: · We live in a deeply unequal society.· the unequal distribution of global resources
► inequitable formal unfair because people are treated in different ways, or because some people have more power than others: · inequitable tax laws· The system is inequitable, because it makes it possible for rich people to buy a place at university.
► biased unfairly against or in favour of a particular group: · biased reporting· There were claims that prison bosses were racially biased.· The policy was biased against women.· The trade laws are biased in favour of rich countries.