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#2 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:29 pm Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) |
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Jamie (K) I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 13:13 pm Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) |
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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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#5 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 16:47 pm Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) |
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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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#7 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 17:19 pm Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) |
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| Murtican wrote: | 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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#8 (permalink) Sat Jun 27, 2009 18:03 pm Is it unfair to use 'unfair' as a verb? :) |
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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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