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# unfairly

«unfairly» in Mova's school dictionary: **not fair, not right or not equal for everyone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Unfairly means in a way that is not fair, not right or not equal for everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfairly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, school and stories it is used when someone is treated badly or blamed for something they did not do, or when things are shared unequally. In maths sharing problems, things shared unfairly are not split into equal groups. Phrases: «treated unfairly», «blamed unfairly», «shared unfairly».

### examples

- I was blamed unfairly for the broken vase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfairly/#x1)
- The sweets were shared unfairly; Tom got more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfairly/#x2)
- It is wrong to treat people unfairly because they are different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfairly/#x3)
- She felt she had been judged unfairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfairly/#x4)
- The referee acted unfairly by ignoring the foul. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfairly/#x5)
- If 10 cards are split 7 and 3, they are shared unfairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfairly/#x6)
- Every child is affected thus the first time he is treated unfairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfairly/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «unfair» + -ly. Opposite: «fairly». In maths, «fair shares» means equal groups, so «unfairly» shared means the groups are not equal.

### In the corpora

- [An employment tribunal is a kind of court for work disputes, such as being sacked unfairly or not being paid what is owed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/17/)
- [Arguing is fine; arguing unfairly is the problem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unfairly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfairly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.