How to Use unfairly in a Sentence

unfairly

adverb

• To some, the Guilty Men of the 1930s were unfairly maligned.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2022
• Perhaps they’ve been unfairly blamed for the actions of the men in their lives.
  — Gisele Barreto Fetterman, ELLE, 30 Mar. 2023
• His own reign, so unfairly cut short, had been the greatest of eras.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2022
• His goal is to restore what’s been unfairly plundered by the white man.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• Holofcener feels she has been unfairly placed in a too-narrow niche.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 July 2024
• The union also said Soon-Shiong unfairly sought to blame the guild for layoffs.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• These hosts feel they have been unfairly looped in with big landlords.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
• My next reaction, unfairly, is to put the weight of the world on these next 90 days: This art season needs to produce.
  — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
• Without the right to strike, the scales are tipped unfairly in management’s favor.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
• In the years since, Lewis has accused both Bell and Barton of unfairly targeting him.
  — Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
• Those critiques, fairly or unfairly, are aimed at the Matadors’ first-year head coach.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
• Stocks that get unfairly punished can wind up as great bargains.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
• The fact that Trump once again seems to be catching a break—at least thus far—leaves many in Clinton’s orbit frustrated and, not unfairly, a bit stung.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 Aug. 2024
• Some small-time hosts feel the law unfairly loops them in with professional landlords.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023
• The point Sandoval appears to be trying to make is that he has been unfairly railroaded by the court of public opinion.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2024
• Meanwhile, many who got burned by the meme-stock craze unfairly accused Tenev and Bhatt of colluding with short sellers.
  — Byjeff John Roberts and Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 July 2024
• According to the poll, about 70% of Black people said the healthcare system treats people unfairly based on race.
  — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
• On his social-media website Truth Social, Mr. Trump has said the case is a witch hunt and that he is being treated unfairly.
  — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2023
• The move has been met with dismay by many Ukrainians on the island, who say that most of the incidents involve Russians and that they are being unfairly tarred with the same brush.
  — Heather Chen, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
• Plus, shorts at the office can (unfairly) work against perceptions of women.
  — Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
• Here are four animals who may have unfairly nasty reputations that take care to clean themselves up, much like the rest of us.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2024
• The court said only that he had been treated unfairly by a Colorado state commission.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• Some of these movies were also clarion calls for justice for those unfairly wronged.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2024
• In fact, the treatment may be unfairly getting credit for other lifestyle changes or products that can boost hair health.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 1 Jan. 2024
• Knight took his case to his players and later to the Indiana students, claiming he had been treated unfairly.
  — Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• Goddard, who joined Yeezy to help with the rollout of Vultures 1, claimed to have been unfairly terminated among other things.
  — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 15 May 2024
• Just 32% argued he was being unfairly victimized, the poll found.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
• Kennedy has pointed to his exclusion as evidence that he has been treated unfairly by the parties and the media.
  — Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
• Pedro Avila and Nick Sandlin are somewhat unfairly cast as mop-up men.
  — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
• Critics say the process unfairly favors white and wealthier applicants.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Oct 2024