(a.) Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The proposed 'reform' is designed to legitimise this blatantly unfair, police state practice, while leaving the rest of the criminal procedure law as misleading decoration," said Professor Jerome Cohen, an expert on China at New York University's School of Law.
(2) "It will strike consumers as unfair that whilst the company is still trading, they are unable to use gift cards and vouchers," he said.
(3) And the idea that it is somehow “unfair” to tax a small number of mostly rich people who were lucky enough to buy houses in central London that have soared in value to over £2m is perverse.
(4) The two main taxi associations said 100% of their members had parked their cars for the day in an effort to raise awareness over what they called unfair competition.
(5) The walk-out is by far the most serious confrontation with the government since the elevation of the conservative-led, three-party coalition to power in June – and, says unionists, underlines the scale of public anger over cuts that are widely seen to be unfair.
(6) "Public servants did nothing to cause the slump but are being asked to bear an unfair share of the burden.
(7) Miliband said: "Unfair pricing which hits the most vulnerable hardest is completely unacceptable.
(8) Trump variously complained that the Khans had been unfair to him, that Khizr Khan had no right to speak, and that Ghazala Khan was forbidden from speaking.
(9) Chris Leslie, the shadow Treasury minister, said the IFS analysis highlighted the "massive complexity of this unfair policy".
(10) In 2009, the Office of Fair Trading successfully sued Foxtons for extracting “unfair” charges from landlords.
(11) We think the sector rules were operating unfairly in the provider's favour, with consumers having little choice but to accept price increases or pay to exit their contract.
(12) It confirms that Fifa, through its internal bodies, is conducting a one-sided, unfair and biased investigation against Michel Platini, repeatedly violating his right to defend himself.” The Fifa appeals committee, chaired by the Bermudan Larry Mussenden, said the appeals had been rejected in full and the decision of the adjudicatory chamber of the independent ethics committee, chaired by the German judge Hans Joachim-Eckert, confirmed in its entirety.
(13) "The suggestion that I deliberately misled the committee and refused to apologise are both untrue and unfair," she wrote in a letter to Keith Vaz, the committee's chairman.
(14) It was unfair because the court would decide a case by reference to evidence produced by the government, which was not seen by the other party to the case, giving the latter no real opportunity to answer it, he told the BBC.
(15) Trump’s transition team reportedly told French diplomats they disapproved of the conference going ahead, seeing it as an attempt to put unfair pressure on Israel and give an unjustified reward to the Palestinians.
(16) The problem is the practical one of doing something about it without being unfair to the cohorts of pupils who start sitting exams when the previous trend of ever-improving grades is put into reverse.
(17) There’s been a sharp rise in the number of death sentences and executions since Sisi came to power, some of which have taken place after grossly unfair trials.
(18) Griffin vowed to lodge a complaint at the "unfair" way the Question Time programme was produced, despite the BNP's claims that his appearance sparked the "biggest single recruitment night in the party's history".
(19) Murdoch had one on his, of course, but because he was facing hostile interrogation he looked (unfairly) as if he were wearing it in self-protection as a symbol of his own virtue.
(20) Junior doctors contract row: an explainer Read more “This is not a decision that we have taken lightly, but the government’s refusal to work with us through genuine negotiations and their threat to impose new contracts that we believe are unsafe for patients and unfair for doctors, leaves us with few options”, said Dr Johann Malawana, chair of the JDC.
Unsporting
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The use of AAS as ergogenic drugs must be deprecated because of their marginal effects, the risks of side effects and the unsporting, unethical aspects.
(2) Joanna Bourke's An Intimate History of Killing , a historical guide to the psychology of warfare, describes how snipers were unpopular with fellow soldiers during the first world war, partly because killing men from a distance at which they pose no immediate threat was seen as inherently unsporting, and partly because once they'd opened fire, "Jerry knew it was a sniper and he would let everything he had loose on that sector."
(3) Anyone who has made a fortune persuading those of unsporting gait to dress as professional footballers is clearly adept at exploiting the wishful thinking of others; but there have to be limits.
(4) But if you take out these elements of unsporting behaviour, I think my team were better than Chelsea in every area of the pitch.
(5) Were Shakespeare suddenly to reappear in Stratford like Banquo's ghost – unsportingly interrupting, say, the salmon and caper starter of the Birthday Luncheon – he would find bewildering the notion that there is anything intrinsically English about his writing.
(6) We will not tolerate unsporting behaviour.” Suárez is sponsored by Adidas which, following his previous biting incident with Branislav Ivanovic, reminded the striker of his responsibilities.
(7) You'd have to be very certain that a deliberate unsporting act had been committed to disallow it.
(8) 2) That the incident took place behind the goalline, and when play was not live, does not alter how you deal with it: you need to caution the goalkeeper, who has deliberately delayed the restart, for an act of unsporting behaviour.
(9) The Barca fans whistle as though this is somehow dull or unsporting or not really football.
(10) Lamb apologised to Farron , the aides resigned and everyone pretended to be mildly shocked by their unsporting conduct.