different between crafty vs unfair

English

Etymology

From Middle English crafti, crefti, from Old English cræfti? (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *kraftagaz, *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft +? -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?æfti/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k???fti/

Adjective

crafty (comparative craftier, superlative craftiest)

1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft

   Synonyms: cunning, wily

   • For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.

4. Sneaky; surreptitious.

   I took a crafty look at his hand of cards while he was out of the room.

Synonyms

• (skillful): See also Thesaurus:skilled
• (cunning, wily): See also Thesaurus:wily

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæ?er (“ugly”), equivalent to un- +? fair.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?f??(?)/, [?n?f??(?)], /?n?f??(?)/, [?n?f??(?)]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?f??/

• Rhymes: -??(r)

Adjective

unfair (comparative unfairer, superlative unfairest)

1. (rare or archaic) not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive
2. (archaic or obsolete) sorrowful; sad
3. (archaic) unseemly; disgraceful
4. not fair, unjust

   Antonyms: fair, just

Translations

See also

Verb

unfair (third-person singular simple present unfairs, present participle unfairing, simple past and past participle unfaired)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to make ugly

   Synonym: devenustate

Anagrams

• Funari

German

Etymology

From un- +? fair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?f??r/, [???n-], [????-], [-?f????], [-?fe???], [-?f???]
• Hyphenation: un?fair

Adjective

unfair (comparative unfairer, superlative am unfairsten)

1. unfair

   Synonyms: unlauter, ungerecht

   Antonym: fair

Declension

Further reading

• “unfair” in Duden online
• “unfair” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache