unfairness

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ʌnˈfɛənəs/    美 /ʌnˈfɛɚnəs/|/ɐnˈfeːnəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being unfair; lack of justice. uncountable,usually
    — The reason why fairness in taxation matters is institutionalized unfairness rots society from the inside, and the social order and economy eventually collapse.
  2. An unjust act or situation. countable,usually
    — That this woman was Chip's little sister, Denise—i.e., was the only attractive young woman on the planet whom he was neither permitted nor inclined to feast his eyes on and imagine having sex with—seemed to him just the latest unfairness in a long morning of unfairnesses.

词形变化

unfairnesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English unfair
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English unfairness
From unfair + -ness.
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