unfairness

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfɛənəs/
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• General-American: /ʌnˈfɛɚnəs/
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• Australian: /ɐnˈfeːnəs/
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• New-Zealand: /ɐnˈfeənəs/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /ɐnˈfiənəs/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /ʌnˈfeɹnəs/
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• Northern-England: /ʊnˈfɛːnəs/
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• /ʊnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəs/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• /ʊnˈfeːnəs/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)nəs
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 N F EH1 R N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English unfair Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unfairness From unfair + -ness.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ظُلْم (ẓulm) — state of being unfair
• Armenian: անարդարություն (anardarutʻyun) — state of being unfair
• Belarusian: несправядлі́васць (njespravjadlívascʹ) — state of being unfair
• Bulgarian: несправедли́вост (nespravedlívost) — state of being unfair
• Chinese Mandarin: 不平 (bùpíng) — state of being unfair
• Chinese Mandarin: 不公平 (bùgōngpíng) — state of being unfair
• Czech: nespravedlnost — state of being unfair
• Danish: uretfærdighed — state of being unfair
• Dutch: onrechtvaardigheid — state of being unfair
• Finnish: epäoikeudenmukaisuus — state of being unfair
• Finnish: epäreiluus — state of being unfair
• Finnish: vääryys — state of being unfair
• French: injustice — state of being unfair
• Georgian: უსამართლობა (usamartloba) — state of being unfair
• German: Ungerechtigkeit — state of being unfair
• German: Unrecht — state of being unfair
• Italian: scorrettezza — state of being unfair
• Italian: ingiustizia — state of being unfair
• Japanese: 不正 (fusei) — state of being unfair
• Japanese: 不公平 (fukōhei) — state of being unfair
• Korean: 부정 (bujeong) — state of being unfair
• Korean: 불공평 (bulgongpyeong) — state of being unfair
• Latin: inīquitās — state of being unfair
• Macedonian: неправда (nepravda) — state of being unfair
• Macedonian: неправедност (nepravednost) — state of being unfair
• Norwegian Bokmål: urettferdighet — state of being unfair
• Polish: niesprawiedliwość — state of being unfair
• Portuguese: injustiça — state of being unfair
• Romanian: nedreptate — state of being unfair
• Romanian: injustiție — state of being unfair
• Russian: несправедли́вость (nespravedlívostʹ) — state of being unfair
• Scottish Gaelic: ana-cothrom — state of being unfair
• Serbo-Croatian: не̏праведно̄ст — state of being unfair
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅpravednōst — state of being unfair
• Slovak: nespravodlivosť — state of being unfair
• Slovene: nepravičnost — state of being unfair
• Spanish: injusticia — state of being unfair
• Swedish: orättvisa — state of being unfair
• Ottoman Turkish: عدالتسزلك (ʼadaletsizlik) — state of being unfair
• Ukrainian: несправедли́вість (nespravedlývistʹ) — state of being unfair
• Armenian: անարդարություն (anardarutʻyun) — an unjust act
• Finnish: vääryys — an unjust act
• Italian: ingiustizia — an unjust act
• Portuguese: injustiça — an unjust act
• Russian: несправедли́вость (nespravedlívostʹ) — an unjust act
• Swedish: orättvisa — an unjust act