How to Use unfair in a Sentence

unfair

adjective
  • It's unfair for them to be allowed to leave early if we can't.
  • It seems unfair to single her out for criticism.
  • The company has been accused of unfair labor practices.
  • No, that would be unfair to say.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
  • This seems like an unfair irony to some.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Of course, this was deeply unfair.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Life can be so unfair and this tragedy proves it.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2025
  • My heart is heavy…life can be unfair sometimes.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • This opened her eyes to many other unfair things in the world.
    — Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Or would that be unfair to sellers?
    — Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • What was done to you was unjust, unfair, racist and wrong.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The rest of them were… is mediocre unfair?
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This may sound wildly unfair, but there’s some good news.
    — Julia Daye, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2026
  • That would be unfair and short sighted.
    — Teresa Hopke, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Waiting long to eat fried chicken is unfair to the dish.
    — John Marks, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026
  • His poor little feets are hanging off the edge — how unfair.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Child care providers have called the claims unfair and based on false assumptions.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Adding Evans through free agency feels unfair.
    — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • But the scandal, the downfall, the loss of the job — all of that is unfair.
    — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Well, every season has its twists, fair or unfair.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Tenants already bear an unfair share through their rent.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Trump should know that politics can be unfair.
    — Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • That just seemed unfair to me, for the artist to not have total control of their art.
    — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Icks can be silly and maybe even unfair (ahem, the person turned off by men in scarves).
    — Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2024
  • That was going to be unfair to every single girl on this team.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The Epstein files show us that the world is an ugly and unfair place.
    — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Confiding in my close friends seemed unfair to them and to Will and me.
    — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • But the effort has been called unfair by some who have already repaid their debt.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
  • And from my view talking to many people, some has been wildly unfair.
    — Stephanie Stradley, Chron, 11 Mar. 2022
  • That’s also why his death is difficult to process and feels so unfair.
    — Miami Herald, 24 July 2025

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