different between unfair vs underdealing

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

under- +? dealing

Noun

underdealing (countable and uncountable, plural underdealings)

1. Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; trickery.

Verb

underdealing

1. present participle of underdeal

Anagrams

• underleading