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Unfair

To deprive of fairness or beauty.

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Similar meaning 8

Cheating 84% connected

of Cheat

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Cheating 84% connected

of Cheat

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Foul 84% connected

A bird.

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Foul 84% connected

A bird.

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Raw 84% connected

Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suit…

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Raw 84% connected

Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suit…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Inequity 74% connected

Want of equity; injustice; wrong.

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Inequity 74% connected

Want of equity; injustice; wrong.

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Shabbiness 74% connected

The quality or state of being sghabby.

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Shabbiness 74% connected

The quality or state of being sghabby.

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Attribute 4

Equity 66% connected

Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; f…

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Equity 66% connected

Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; f…

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Fairness 66% connected

The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc.

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Fairness 66% connected

The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc.

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See also 4

Partial 66% connected

Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.

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Partial 66% connected

Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.

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Unjust 66% connected

Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.

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Unjust 66% connected

Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.

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Synonym 1

Unjust 92% connected

Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Fair 94% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Fair 94% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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