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Word entry · 8 letters

unfairly

Best crossword clue

"In an unjust way"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPart of speech adverbSorted afilnruyStarts with UEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. In a way that is unjust or not even-handed.

Word origin

From unfair + -ly or un- + fairly.

Used in a sentence

  • The carnival games were unfairly difficult, and hardly anybody won a prize.
  • As a result, many Black people remained unfairly enslaved and indentured in the so-called free territory. This was not legal slavery (also known as de jure slavery), but slavery in practice (de facto slavery).

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