How To Use Unfairly In A Sentence

These require you to face manipulative individuals, relinquish your rights unfairly or be exquisitely tactful when you'd be justified in blowing up. Times, Sunday Times
Physicians and hospitals fear the practice could unfairly penalize practitioners and say there's no way to benchmark quality accurately.
It was a singular, unpreventable event that has unfairly tarred all businesses.
Do you feel you have been unfairly stereotyped by the press?
The events had stained the city's reputation unfairly.

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The closely held retailer said it would sue its partner to recoup more than $ 50 million it claims was unfairly withdrawn.
The judges decided to exclude evidence which had been unfairly attained.
Teachers claim such measures could unfairly disadvantage ethnic minorities.
In this light, even the discussion about successors to Heinlein nags at me, because I see it, perhaps unfairly, as another aspect of trying to come up with easy categorization in a field where such categorization is anything but easy and where labels create false expectation after false expectation. January « 2010 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website
The judges decided to exclude evidence which had been unfairly attained.
She has been unfairly maligned as being soft on apartheid, which she detested. Times, Sunday Times
If they act unfairly, whether procedurally or in relation to the substantive decision itself, then that constitutes an abuse of power for which judicial review provides a remedy.
The judges decided to exclude evidence which had been unfairly attained.
Most people can sense when they have been dealt with unfairly by their employer.
For example, you gain the right not to be unfairly dismissed after being in continuous employment for two years. The Sun
By going to this extreme you are unfairly punishing the individual in the pursuit of spiteful gossip.
Brinkley offers no evidence that the numbers were cooked or the questions were unfairly worded.
For example, you gain the right not to be unfairly dismissed after being in continuous employment for two years. The Sun
A few comments say our view of the new Alpha roadmap is either hopelessly optimistic, or unfairly negative.
An industrial tribunal has no jurisdiction to decide whether an employee was fairly or unfairly dismissed.
She claims she was unfairly dismissed from her post.
MPs should be held to account if they unfairly abuse parliamentary privilege and hurt innocent Kiwi families.
I don't know if he is an unfairly vilified man or if any of the denunciations of his morals and motives have some truth to them.
Unfortunately, fairly or unfairly, the way this has been done has created the impression in some minds that the President is running for a fourth term by proxy.
nice-guy" Canadianism, which is both unfairly reductive and conveniently misleading. Cokemachineglow.com
Neighbors complained that it was an eyesore, covered by weeds and debris, and that the owner was unfairly avoiding taxes.
In the interest of fair play, a young sophomore like Franks has probably been unfairly characterized as a blabbermouth whose remarks were made more out of than normal because â€ "hey â€" what else are we going to write about this week? GatorCountry.com - Latest Headlines
Women - rather unfairly I feel - tend to burn up calories less efficiently than men.
An industrial tribunal has no jurisdiction to decide whether an employee was fairly or unfairly dismissed.
Landlords believe that the Rent Acts unfairly interfere with freedom of contract and exacerbate the housing shortage.
While eggs may have an unhealthy image, the evidence suggests they have been unfairly maligned.
Conservatives question whether TV ads for a new film blasting the president could unfairly impact voters.
Sometimes people unfairly criticise others to draw attention away from their own failings. Times, Sunday Times
Critics claim that the Indian government unfairly favors the IITs when education dollars are doled out.
Employees are scared to enforce their rights because if they did they would be unfairly dismissed.
Others simply whined that though their site contained commercial material, it also contains valuable content and was unfairly penalized.
Your focus on ‘yields’ of individual commodities, rather than total output, unfairly stacks the deck by ignoring a large measure of what smaller farms produce.
Cllr Michelle Mulherin said she knew some people levied with commercial water charges who felt they were unfairly billed.
There is a certain irritating sort of journalist - perhaps unfairly, Zoe Williams of the Guardian is the first name that springs to mind - who affects an adolescent offhandedness in his of her writing. Simon Titley: Against jargon
Though Katherine, unfairly to my mind, deprecates the novels.
Critics say some of those provisions unfairly restrict freedom of speech.
That's the term angry business owners have started using when they feel unfairly criticized on the popular review site. BusinessWeek.com --
Advocates say voodoo is a legitimate African-based religion that has been unfairly maligned in movies and popular culture.
Poor Aethelred of Mercia gets a very unflattering portrayal, and probably has grounds for joining the Support Group for People Unfairly Maligned in Historical Fiction. Sword Song, by Bernard Cornwell. Book review
Introducing the value of farmland into the assessment process would unfairly and severely penalize farm families, whose farmland land bears little relationship to its earning potential.
He was another minor poet[sentence dictionary], perhaps unfairly consigned to oblivion.
I think they just sucked up to David, and began to put the boot in really, quite unnecessarily and unfairly.
Even the power smirk, which we haven't seen much of since he was - unfairly - blamed for single-handedly jeopardising Labour's election chances with his mingy Budget, is back.
She talked off how the military marched around the streets and how unfairly they treated the people.
The present law discriminates unfairly against women.
“You cross-question me rather unfairly,” he replied, Barchester Towers
They nurse a belief that life has treated them unfairly, much worse than they deserve.
Nevertheless, it is widely believed that that current laws disproportionately and unfairly favour women.
It's the product of a stunted, overanalytical mind that demands unfairly that all ancient art, art which is by nature expressive and non-rational, must be reduced to purely non-religious origins and meanings, even when a religious interpretation is wholly unavoidable given a competent understanding of greater context. The myth of the secular
Now the management is avoiding fulfilment of its duties toward the workers and unfairly dragging out the negotiations, he claimed.
Even the consolidation of the two lines would not necessarily resolve the difficulty, as pricing schemes would either uneconomically favor the terminal or intermediary points or discriminate unfairly among shippers.
Previous reports had shown the British haulage industry was unfairly penalised.
Landlords believe that the Rent Acts unfairly interfere with freedom of contract and exacerbate the housing shortage.
While educators seek to teach Black children to learn and to speak mainstream English, do you believe Black English, or Ebonics, is unfairly stigmatized by American society at large?
This time they were unfairly pilloried. Times, Sunday Times
It has often been said, perhaps unfairly, that they are a warlike nation/people.
But, as a concept, money-purchase schemes have been unfairly demonised. Times, Sunday Times
The resolution stated that the death penalty unfairly discriminates against minorities.
The nearest analogue to this remarkable partnership is to be found in the vegetable kingdom, where, as the researches of Schwendener, Bornet, and Stahl have shown, we have certain algæ and fungi associating themselves into the colonies we are accustomed to call lichens, so that we may not unfairly call our agricultural Radiolarians and anemones Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882
She herself has said that being a working mother is hard and has chronicled her stressful days, and has complained of late that the public is unfairly mean to her. Blythe To Gwyneth: 'Take Care Of Yourself!'
The present law discriminates unfairly against women.
The press invade people's privacy unfairly and unjustifiably every day.
Tens of thousands of people who were mis-sold endowments are having their claims unfairly rejected by insurance companies and banks.
For too long, policing has been unfairly regarded by many as an occupation with most in common with blue-collar work. Times, Sunday Times
The fines have already caused a backlash among some residents who fear they will be unfairly penalised for leaving their rubbish out for collection.
He defended himself against the charge of cutting up the pitch unfairly with the spikes of his boots in 1883.
Accurately, though unfairly, contemporary critics of the Futurists denounced them with the vindictive labels: photographic, cinematic.
Workers who have been unfairly dismissed may claim compensation.
Any justification very likely can appear or be made to appear judgmental, discriminatory, unfairly harsh, insubstantial or even anachronistic.
Those motorists issued with a ticket unfairly, and unlawfully, are thus left with the onus upon them to write an appeal, to justify their excusal for a lawful activity.
He was another minor poet, perhaps unfairly consigned to oblivion.
He certainly feels like he is being unfairly damned.
That assumes - unfairly and unreasonably - that the patrons of the libraries are quite imperceptive and lacking in judgment.
These issues pertain to the testing and identification of substances intended to enhance animal performance that alters unfairly the results of racing.
I won't name you because I don't want to unfairly bring dishonor to your organization.
In 1988, Brown, a former Bob Dole staffer, had grievously wounded Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis with the infamous Willie Horton commercial, which (unfairly) portrayed Dukakis as the kind of softie liberal who would set murderers free so they could kill again. The Secret War
Thus viewers passed up all the opportunities to gain interesting insights into David and instead experienced the prolonged sequence as unfairly tormenting the viewers who have come to care for him as a person.
Chorley boss Mark Molyneaux has launched a scathing attack on a ‘minority’ of supporters he feels are unfairly barracking his players.
The Body Mass Index, it now turns out, is a useless indicator of healthy weight, since it unfairly penalises women for their natural pear-shape.
He told me that, in his experience, most of the time when one party feels unfairly treated in a prenup, the marriage ends in divorce.
This new legislation is unfairly weighted against the small farmer.
Do you think the entry into Equity for drama students is unfairly organised?
They've been unfairly pigeonholed as a team that kicks to the corners all the time.
Rather, it is the inconsistencies on some of the finer points that affect people unfairly at certain crossover points. Times, Sunday Times
The idea that one owes special help to those most unfairly disadvantaged is not in way like the idea that one may go out of one's way to help those like oneself (in my case, white and male) however great their advantages, and however unfairly those advantages may have been achieved and sustained. Discourse.net: Sotomayor is Lucky in Her Enemies
If you feel you've been banned unfairly, just drop me a note and if you promise to keep the debate at a more elevated level, I'll be happy to unban you.
His reputation, he said, had been unfairly sullied by allegations, half-truths and innuendos.
Mrs Taylor believes her son has been unfairly treated .
If the company fails to treat consultation as an ongoing process, it may be treating you unfairly.
In it, he alleged that the mayor's office had unfairly targeted him after he accused Mr. Regalado of interfering with the police department's antigambling operations. Miami Police Chief Is Suspended
A month after being unfairly dismissed, he was reinstated in his job.
Our medical researchers are in desperate need of real, human subjects to experiment with cures, as they have been unfairly restricted to the use of white rats.
This means that a privatised health care system would unfairly penalise women.
They can become resentful if they think their friends were handled harshly or unfairly. Times, Sunday Times
Calmly and maturely relay to her specific instances of when you've felt ignored or unfairly blamed.
Hilary has been running half of the time as a feminist, equal in strength to any man, and the other half as a winy girl getting unfairly ganged up on by all the men. With More Than Half Reporting, Hillary Holds On To Slim Lead
If you feel you've been banned unfairly, just drop me a note and if you promise to keep the debate at a more elevated level, I'll be happy to unban you.
It says this unfairly penalises fans of big clubs, who are charged more.
These require you to face manipulative individuals, relinquish your rights unfairly or be exquisitely tactful when you'd be justified in blowing up. Times, Sunday Times
A fairish number of people have written or commented on this post to the effect that it's not true that the association is making money unfairly off the backs of young athletes; they get a very valuable education out of the thing.
A contract was let unfairly and we contested it in front of a Federal judge.
Drink companies say they're being unfairly slugged with the cost of a refund in South Australia - an unfair tax.
She thinks that doping investigations are unfairly prosecutorial, and that the punishments are less about the athletes and more about politics.
It has the effect of unfairly disadvantaging some individuals and communities, while unfairly advantaging other individuals and communities.
Nevertheless, it is widely believed that that current laws disproportionately and unfairly favour women.
However, insurers say they need to see the results to prevent people cashing in unfairly on huge insurance payouts.
The union is so angered by the appraisal system, which it says has unfairly downgraded many workers, that it is taking High Court action against the Government.
The chairman of the body charged with appointing judges feels unfairly under fire over a shortage of circuit judges. Times, Sunday Times
He is booked for jostling Gronkjaer off the ball unfairly.
The battle goes on between the music industry and those who seek to rob them of their legitimate revenues by illegally and unfairly copying CDs.
The fight against "biopiracy" has won the support of indigenous communities and defenders of the Amazon rain forest who say corporations unfairly benefit from medicine and other products derived from Brazil's exotic plants, poisonous snakes or brightly colored frogs. Reuters: Top News
Employees are scared to enforce their rights because if they did they would be unfairly dismissed.
The new parliament [building] has been unfairly denigrated.
Just as you must be diligent in increasing your link popularity and your ranking, you must be equally diligent to avoid being unfairly penalized.
Teratology as a guide to the solution of morphological problems has been especially disparaged in contrast with organogeny, but unfairly so. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
I know a lot of movies that I think are unfairly called misogynistic because of the roles or perils of the women example, Sin City, yet Short Cuts actually did feel kind of misogynistic to me, perhaps because again, it is so ice cold and when not indifferent, is in hate with its own characters on a level that only Alexander Payne is falsely accused of. Row Three » Hidden Treasures – Week of June 8th - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions
Teachers claim such measures could unfairly disadvantage ethnic minorities.
Years ago, GMail introduced context-sensitive ads and was unfairly pilloried for being anti-privacy or intrusive. Anil Dash
But now, 40 years later, the respective legacies of these trailblazers have been unfairly forgotten; they've been reduced to mere whispered legend amongst archivists and senior staff members.
Sir, I do prefer an unfairly long imposition to an attack of pneumonia," and with that he sailed out of the room; the "impot" was, of course, never done. The Loom of Youth
Patti Fritz argues that such a fee unfairly punishes elderly residents who put away savings for their retirement years.
I misunderstood what Andy was saying, but in responding to what I accused you of (which I thought, perhaps unfairly, your words were suggesting), I notice you didn’t deny it, i.e., that seeing your country beaten and humiliated is your desire. Guardian column: Secrets « BuzzMachine
To some, Title IX is a quota law, designed to destroy men's sports by unfairly favoring women.
We're both lefties, and we're both been tagged unfairly as no more than just shooters.
However, critics of the tax, including many in the restaurant industry, have dubbed it the ‘fat tax’ and say it unfairly punishes the poor.
We're talking about the likes of overgrown public schoolboy Will Smith the one out of The Thick Of It, not the one from Men In Black; cricket enthusiast and star of BBC2's Rev Miles Jupp; and the often unfairly overlooked but sizzlingly entertaining Simon Evans. This week's new comedy
The moment of high drama came when members of the Iraqiya bloc - which, by a slim margin, won more seats in Iraq's 325-member parliament than any other bloc - walked out of the session to protest what they called duplicitous tactics by political rivals and broken promises to roll back a controversial law that they feel unfairly targeted their members. Sunnis' walkout mars political talks in Iraq
She said that the media unfairly depicts celebrities who are publicly involved with politics as narcissistic.
In the real world, men actually lack respect for justice, and often treat others unfairly and unjustly. Dr T.P.Chia
When people act obnoxiously and unfairly, I should blame and damn them and see them as bad, wicked, or rotten individuals.
On the eve of a bus strike that is expected to cause daily inconveniences for Lower Mainland transit users, disgruntled bus workers said the company that runs the service is treating them unfairly.
The motor industry and opposition parties have described the 12% increase in motor tax as a devious measure which unfairly penalises drivers.
Critics who have urged the department to investigate the Bowl Championship Series contend it unfairly gives some schools preferential access to the title championship game and top-tier end-of-the-season bowl contents. Breaking News: CBS News
The institute added that the move could result in low workforce morale and high turnover rates if it led to genuinely sick employees believing they were being penalised unfairly.
It's just that if one sees the rights of the foetus as taking priority then one is subjugating the right of the mother unfairly.
We have been only interested spectators of their contentions in diplomacy and in war, ready to use our friendly offices to promote peace, but never obtruding our advice and never attempting unfairly to coin the distresses of other powers into commercial advantage to ourselves. Benjamin Harrison: Inaugural Address
Unfairly, Redditch has been described as the most boring town in Britain, which produces the most boring postcards.
An employment tribunal said that the school's procedures were cackhanded, and ruled that the couple were unfairly dismissed. Times, Sunday Times
What about state pensioners, those who have to rely on their savings (unfairly taxed) and people on fixed incomes such as annuities?
An earlier complaint had claimed hog farmers in Canada were unfairly subsidized.
Unfairly and inaccurately called a traitor and a Bolshevik, she never reneged on her commitments to civil liberties or to pacifism.
Our case speaks in terms of evidence of identification being excluded if it would be unfair or if it was undertaken unfairly to the appellant.
They have been unfairly targeted and the BBC has set out to try to entrap them.
Part of Scotland's political problem is its journalism; successive first ministers and their colleagues have been unfairly treated by that odd media duumvirate of those two publications.
Portuguese is a largely neglected cuisine, and I think unfairly.
Lancaster, 54, had been unfairly blamed for the failings of an antiquated and underfinanced department with a long history of corruption, inefficiency and missing records.
The judiciary - and circuit judges in particular - have unfairly borne the brunt of this criticism. Times, Sunday Times
If you think that your insurer has unfairly turned down a claim, make an official compliant. Times, Sunday Times
The record is a stunner, offering a glimpse at a once-famous composer who has unfairly suffered a bad rap.
It was implied that he had colluded unfairly with Manchester United in his side's defeat last Saturday.
Television audiences will enjoy the results of an unfairly uncelebrated process that is specialist, highly skilled and surprisingly creative. Times, Sunday Times
The new system, which was introduced on Monday, uses a new three-dimensional map of the UK which some viewers also think unfairly misrepresents the North.
These require you to face manipulative individuals, relinquish your rights unfairly or be exquisitely tactful when you'd be justified in blowing up. Times, Sunday Times
Terry has been roundly abused by rival supporters and, unfairly he would argue, lost the armband he cherishes so much. John Terry was the problem that never went away for Fabio Capello
They can become resentful if they think their friends were handled harshly or unfairly. Times, Sunday Times
Workers said they oppose the rule because it unfairly punishes companies, many of which are forced to hire more staffers than they would otherwise need to compensate.
These require you to face manipulative individuals, relinquish your rights unfairly or be exquisitely tactful when you'd be justified in blowing up. Times, Sunday Times
Reading newspaper reports had unfairly prejudiced the jury in her favour.
It has often been said, perhaps unfairly, that they are a warlike nation/people.
he silenced the whisperings which connected her, untruly and unfairly, with his separation from his wife
In the real world, men actually lack respect for justice, and often treat others unfairly and unjustly. Dr T.P.Chia
The standards committees get blamed unfairly for the actions of their individual members.
In this light, even the discussion about successors to Heinlein nags at me, because I see it, perhaps unfairly, as another aspect of trying to come up with easy categorization in a field where such categorization is anything but easy and where labels create false expectation after false expectation. January « 2010 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website
Critics claim that the Indian government unfairly favors the IITs when education dollars are doled out.
Recent headlines and letters have unfairly accused Assemblywoman Lupardo of "balking" at a reduction in pay. Undefined
The idea of being unfairly put-upon seems to be infinitely preferable. Times, Sunday Times
TA: Your work has been noted, perhaps unfairly, for its misanthropic view of the world. Fiction in the Age of E-Books
Much of the difficulty is caused by attempting to categorise as an unjust enrichment of the defendant, for which an action in restitution is available, what is really a loss unfairly sustained by the plaintiff.
This unfairly punishes students of lower income twice, because it is students of lower income who depend on financial aid more.
The chairman of the body charged with appointing judges feels unfairly under fire over a shortage of circuit judges. Times, Sunday Times
The style and drafting of the Constitution also are unfairly caricatured.
If a client feels he or she has been treated unfairly, there is the option of filing a grievance.
Unfairly labeled a utility player with the White Sox and Royals, the Amityville, New York native is more than capable of playing the pivot on an everyday basis.
A Ste Anne-area man convicted of torching his own property nearly a year ago is taking his insurance company to court, claiming it has treated him unfairly.
The Black Caucus in the House, even Charlie Rangel, who -- you know, who can get up on his high horse literally, pretty easily, even though Mr. Rangel did sort of kind of sidle up to it, there wasn't that -- that outcry that you would normally get from the Black Caucus when they think that a black person is being dealt with unfairly. CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2009
A decision-maker may have unfairly regarded with disfavour one party's case either consciously or unconsciously.
For example, you gain the right not to be unfairly dismissed after being in continuous employment for two years. The Sun
Not to be unfairly biased, but for some reason I think older women should have more sense about dressing than a young girl so when I see them in horrid clothing I feel sad and discouraged, because it makes me think that widsom and good judgement don't come with age. Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine
The present law discriminates unfairly against women.
Let's make the case for the private sector, which is being unfairly treated / cheated.
Now the management is avoiding fulfilment of its duties toward the workers and unfairly dragging out the negotiations, he claimed.
I won't name you because I don't want to unfairly bring dishonor to your organization.
Despite her cheerful insistence that she's in a "really good place in my life," after several drinks it becomes clear that she's miserable, resentful and chronically, confoundingly, unfairly alone. Somewhere between settled and unsettling
Dr Fundanga said all that was needed was a comprehensive framework for enforcement rather than on an ad hoc basis because this would end up punishing some members unfairly.
A month after being unfairly dismissed, he was reinstated in his job.
He unfairly blamed Frances for the failure.
She has been unfairly maligned as being soft on apartheid, which she detested. Times, Sunday Times
After a long legal battle workers were vindicated when an industrial tribunal unanimously decided they had been unfairly dismissed.
Bryant was unfairly dismissed from his post.
This unfairly punishes students from lower income backgrounds twice, because they depend more on financial aid.
He said at least two articles run by the newspaper recently unfairly portrayed the council in a negative light.
He has started proceedings to appeal the £190 fine on the grounds it was issued unfairly.
He’d even been prohibited by Judge Mason from using the term counterterrorism because of a motion O’Dowd had won, arguing that the use of terrorism would “unfairly bias the jury and link my client to crimes he did not commit.” Betrayed
Yesterday The Guardian printed a report by John Sutherland branding bloggers of unfairly smearing Rachel Corries' good name - the article then proceeded to indulge in some choice smears of its own.
To some, Title IX is a quota law, designed to destroy men's sports by unfairly favoring women.

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