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unfair

 
 
/ʌnˈfeər/ adjective

Translation

NOT EQUAL not treating people in an equal way
taraflı, tarafgir, haksız, eşitlik gözetmeyen
an unfair system The test was unfair because some people had seen it before.935
NOT RIGHT not true and morally wrong
haksız, ahlâken doğru olmayan, yanlış
[+ to do sth] It's unfair to blame Frank for everything.935
unfairly adverb
haksızca
unfairness noun [U]
haksızlık
(Definition of unfair adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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