different between unfair vs injust

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

English

Etymology

in- +? just, or Old French injuste.

Adjective

injust (comparative more injust, superlative most injust)

1. (rare and now nonstandard) Unjust, unfair.

Related terms

• injustly
• injustice

Anagrams

• Justin

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ini?stus, inj?stus. Equivalent to in- +? just.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /i???ust/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i??d??ust/

Adjective

injust (feminine injusta, masculine plural injusts or injustos, feminine plural injustes)

1. unjust; unfair

Antonyms

• just

Derived terms

• injustament

Related terms

• injustícia

Further reading

• “injust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Etymology

From French injuste, from Latin injustus.

Adjective

injust m or n (feminine singular injust?, masculine plural inju?ti, feminine and neuter plural injuste)

1. unfair

Declension