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Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) #1 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:01 am   Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :)
 

I am confused -- a dictionary I searched in does not say that 'unfair' is a verb.
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Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) #2 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:29 pm   Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :)
 

What planet is the dictionary from? Very Happy
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Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) #3 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 13:13 pm   Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :)
 

To use 'unfair' as verb is unfair,
To use it as an adjective is fair.

The dictionary you checked is fair,
That you make it a verb is unfair.

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Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) #4 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 15:49 pm   Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :)
 

Jamie (K) wrote:
What planet is the dictionary from? Very Happy

Ask Oxford says it is an adjective (and can take adverb and noun forms)

www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/unfair?view=uk

That is why I asked Smile
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Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) #5 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 16:47 pm   Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :)
 

Hello
Unfair is just an adjactive and means: not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; marked by injustice or partiality or deception

Unfairly is an adverb
Unfairness is a noun
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Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) #6 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 17:10 pm   Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :)
 

Iraqi wrote:
To use 'unfair' as verb is unfair,
To use it as an adjective is fair.

The dictionary you checked is fair
And for to make it a verb is unfair.

"Iraqi Shakespeare" Smile

Yes, as I am reading, "Shakespeare coined an enormous number of the words and usages of words in the English language. The use of unfair as a verb seems one of them."

But the strange thing is that Ask Oxford doesn't say that it is a verb.

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Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) #7 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 17:19 pm   Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :)
 

Murtican wrote:
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Unfair is just an adjactive and means: not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; marked by injustice or partiality or deception

Unfairly is an adverb
Unfairness is a noun

Yes, I missed that Smile
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Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) #8 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 18:03 pm   Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :)
 

Gray wrote:

"But the strange thing is that Ask Oxford doesn't say that it is a verb."

Not only this dictionary, many others like:

dictionary dot com

thefreedictionary dot com

answers dot com

and many others

Actually, I have never heard or read that "unfair" can be a verb.
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