unfairness

[English unfair; -ne .] The quality or state of being unfair; want of fairne , justice, or honesty; dishonest or disingenuous conduct or practices. "By this aversion to basene and unfairne ."- Secker : Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 4. IMG:content-0109.png:[blocks in formation] "Nor none so noble, Whose life were ill bestow'd, or death unfamed." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , ii. 2. un-fa-mil-iar (iar as yer), adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. familiar .] 1. Not familiar; not well acquainted. "We are not unfamiliar with the difficulties that arise in India itself."-London Times. 2. Not well known; strange. "For sometimes he would hear, however nigh, That name repeated loud without reply, As unfamiliar ." Byron: Lara, i. 27. *un-fa-mil-i-ar-1-ty, s . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. familiarity .] The quality or state of being unfamiliar; absence or want of familiarity. "Unfamiliar by disease, and unpleasing by unfamil iarity."-Johnson, " Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all." Tennyson: Merlin and Vivien , 239. un-faith-ful, *un-feith-ful, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. faithful.] 1. Not faithful; perfidious, faithle ; violating promises, trust, confidence, or vows; treacherous, disloyal "Thou hast already been unfaithful in thy service to him; and now dost thou think to receive wages of him?" -Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. i. Applied specific. to a person who has violated the marriage vow. 2. Not to be depended on; untrustworthy. "The constituent body might be an unfaithful interpreter of the sense of the nation."- Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xix. 3. Not performing the proper duty or function. "My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight, Betray'd me tumbling from a towery height." Pope. (Todd.) *4. Not po e ing faith; impious, infidel. "The lord of that servaunt schal come in the day that he hopith not; and in the our that he woot not, and schal departe him; and put his part with unfaithful men." Wycliffe: Luke xii. famous.] Not famous; having no fame; infamous. un-fănned, adj. [Pref. (1), and Eng. fanned.] Not fanned. "Unquench'd by want, unfann'd by strong desire." Goldsmith: Traveler. *un-far-dle, v . t . [Pref. un- (2), and English fardle .] To unloose and open as a fardle or pack; to unpack. *ŭn-far-rowed, a. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. far rowed.] Deprived of a farrow or litter. "Return'd unfarrow'd to her stye." Tennyson: Walking to the Mail. un-făs-çin-at-ed, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. fascinated .] Not fascinated; not charmed. un-fashion-a-ble, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. fashionable .] 1. Not fashionable; not according to the prevailing fashion or mode; out of fashion. "All the actions of childishne , and unfashionable carriage, and whatever time and age will of itself be sure to reform, being (as I have said), exempt from the discipline of the rod, there will not be so much need of beating children, as is generally made use of." -Locke: Of Educa *5. Treacherous, disloyal. (Said of things.) "Lying, or craftine , and unfaithful usages, rob a man of the honor of his soul."-Bp. Taylor: Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 23. un-faith-fül-lý, adv . [Eng. unfaithful; -ly.] 1. In an unfaithful manner; in violation of promises, vows, or duty; faithle ly, disloyally, treacherously. "He, who acts unfaithfully, acts against his promises." -Wollaston: Religion of Nature, § 6. 2. Negligently, imperfectly; as, work unfaithfully done.