unfair
English
/ʌnˈfɛə(ɹ)/, /ʌnˈfɛɚ/
adj
Definitions
- (rare) not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive
- (archaic) sorrowful; sad
- (archaic) unseemly; disgraceful
- not fair, unjust
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English unfair (unattractive, unseemly) inherited from Old English unfæġer (foul, horrid, ugly, not fair, not beautiful) affix from English fair.
Origin
English
fair
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fairbank English
- Fairbanks English
- Mayfair English
- fair English
- fair-goer English
- fair-handed English
- fair-minded English
- fairdom English
- fairest English
- fairgoer English
- fairground English
- fairgrounds English
- fairhanded English
- fairheaded English
- fairhood English
- fairish English
- fairlead English
- fairleader English
- fairlike English
- fairling English
- fairly English
- fairmaid English
- fairminded English
- fairness English
- fairsome English
- fairwater English
- fairway English
- funfair English
- hyperfair English
- unfairly English
- unfairness English
- fair German
- fair Hungarian
- fair Polish
- fæġer Old English
- unfæġer Old English
- fayr Middle English
- unfair Middle English
- fér Czech
- fer Serbo-Croatian