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Common collocations with unfair in American Collocation

unfair adjective

US /ʌnˈfer/

very

deeply
grossly
terribly
very

The guys spent a year doing it and I get all the credit, it’s grossly unfair.

slightly or rather

a bit
a little
rather
slightly

This criticism is a little unfair.

clearly

blatantly
manifestly
obviously
patently

Her primary submission is that the procedure adopted at the trial was manifestly unfair.

by its nature

fundamentally
inherently
intrinsically

The application of a uniform tariff is inherently unfair in that it favours those who consume most.

completely

completely
totally
wholly

To equate this great religion with backwardness and reaction is totally unfair.

consider something unfair

consider something as
perceive something as
regarded something as

Parents may be less willing to engage in a process that they perceive as unfair.

seem unfair

appear
be deemed
be felt to be
feel
seem

A few complained that the distribution of classroom assistants among schools appeared unfair.

be unfair

be

A City victory would have been perhaps unfair, but it almost came.