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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-unfairness.ogg Forms: unfairnesses [plural]
Etymology: From unfair + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|unfair|ness}} unfair + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} unfairness (usually uncountable, plural unfairnesses)
  1. (uncountable) The state of being unfair; lack of justice. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state of being unfair): ظُلْم (ẓulm) [masculine] (Arabic), անարդարություն (anardarutʻyun) (Armenian), несправядлі́васць (njespravjadlívascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), несправедли́вост (nespravedlívost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 不平 (bùpíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 不公平 (bùgōngpíng) (Chinese Mandarin), nespravedlnost [feminine] (Czech), uretfærdighed [common-gender] (Danish), onrechtvaardigheid [feminine] (Dutch), epäoikeudenmukaisuus (Finnish), epäreiluus (Finnish), vääryys (Finnish), injustice [feminine] (French), უსამართლობა (usamartloba) (Georgian), Ungerechtigkeit [feminine] (German), Unrecht [neuter] (German), scorrettezza [feminine] (Italian), ingiustizia [feminine] (Italian), 不正 (fusei) (alt: ふせい) (Japanese), 不公平 (fukōhei) (alt: ふこうへい) (Japanese), 부정 (bujeong) (alt: 不正) (Korean), 불공평 (bulgongpyeong) (alt: 不公平) (Korean), inīquitās [feminine] (Latin), неправда (nepravda) [feminine] (Macedonian), неправедност (nepravednost) [feminine] (Macedonian), urettferdighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), عدالتسزلك (ʼadaletsizlik) (Ottoman Turkish), niesprawiedliwość [feminine] (Polish), injustiça [feminine] (Portuguese), nedreptate [feminine] (Romanian), injustiție [feminine] (Romanian), несправедли́вость (nespravedlívostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ana-cothrom [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), не̏праведно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nȅpravednōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nespravodlivosť [feminine] (Slovak), nepravičnost [feminine] (Slovene), injusticia [feminine] (Spanish), orättvisa [common-gender] (Swedish), несправедли́вість (nespravedlývistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (countable) An unjust act or situation. Tags: countable, usually Translations (an unjust act): անարդարություն (anardarutʻyun) (Armenian), vääryys (Finnish), ingiustizia (Italian), injustiça [feminine] (Portuguese), несправедли́вость (nespravedlívostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), orättvisa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-unfairness-en-noun-ZeQ7q1k2 Disambiguation of 'an unjust act': 6 94

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          "text": "That this woman was Chip's little sister, Denise—i.e., was the only attractive young woman on the planet whom he was neither permitted nor inclined to feast his eyes on and imagine having sex with—seemed to him just the latest unfairness in a long morning of unfairnesses.",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an unjust act",
          "word": "vääryys"
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          "_dis1": "6 94",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "an unjust act",
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          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an unjust act",
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          "word": "injustiça"
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          "roman": "nespravedlívostʹ",
          "sense": "an unjust act",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "несправедли́вость"
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          "_dis1": "6 94",
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          "sense": "an unjust act",
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    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
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          "ref": "2024 January 28, Charles Hugh Smith, Our Tax System Is an Unfair Mess: Here's How to Fix It:",
          "text": "The reason why fairness in taxation matters is institutionalized unfairness rots society from the inside, and the social order and economy eventually collapse.",
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          "ref": "2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:",
          "text": "That this woman was Chip's little sister, Denise—i.e., was the only attractive young woman on the planet whom he was neither permitted nor inclined to feast his eyes on and imagine having sex with—seemed to him just the latest unfairness in a long morning of unfairnesses.",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ẓulm",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ظُلْم"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anardarutʻyun",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "word": "անարդարություն"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njespravjadlívascʹ",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "несправядлі́васць"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nespravedlívost",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "несправедли́вост"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùpíng",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "word": "不平"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùgōngpíng",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "word": "不公平"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nespravedlnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "uretfærdighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onrechtvaardigheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "word": "epäoikeudenmukaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "word": "epäreiluus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "word": "vääryys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "injustice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "usamartloba",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "word": "უსამართლობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ungerechtigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Unrecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scorrettezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ingiustizia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fusei",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "word": "不正"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふこうへい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fukōhei",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "word": "不公平"
    },
    {
      "alt": "不正",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bujeong",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "word": "부정"
    },
    {
      "alt": "不公平",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulgongpyeong",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "word": "불공평"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inīquitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nepravda",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неправда"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nepravednost",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неправедност"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "urettferdighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ʼadaletsizlik",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "word": "عدالتسزلك"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niesprawiedliwość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "injustiça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nedreptate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "injustiție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nespravedlívostʹ",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "несправедли́вость"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ana-cothrom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "не̏праведно̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nȅpravednōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nespravodlivosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nepravičnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "injusticia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "orättvisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nespravedlývistʹ",
      "sense": "state of being unfair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "несправедли́вість"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anardarutʻyun",
      "sense": "an unjust act",
      "word": "անարդարություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an unjust act",
      "word": "vääryys"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an unjust act",
      "word": "ingiustizia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an unjust act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "injustiça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nespravedlívostʹ",
      "sense": "an unjust act",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "несправедли́вость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an unjust act",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "orättvisa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unfairness"
}

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