unfairly
In biased fashion
Unfairly means in a manner that lacks fairness or justice.
Someone treated unfairly receives worse treatment than they deserve or than others receive: She was unfairly blamed for the mistake.
The word often implies bias, favoritism, or disregard for merit: The rules were unfairly applied.
In incorrect manner
- unjustlyWithout legitimate cause
- inequitablyIn an unequal manner
- improperlyIn an incorrect manner
- illegitimatelyIn unauthorized manner
undeservedly · unwarrantedly · baselessly · groundlessly · arbitrarily · capriciously · unreasonably · harshly
Preferential treatment of some
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
- preferentialGiven special advantage
- privilegedHaving special advantages
rigged · fixed · stacked · weighted · tilted · uneven · unequal · disproportionate
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- ageismPrejudice targeting older people
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
- transphobiaPrejudice against transgender people
ableism · classism · xenophobia · bigotry · prejudice · stereotyping · profiling · redlining
Biased against a group
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
- slantedAngled from vertical
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
- partisanBiased toward one side
subjective · jaundiced · tendentious · colored · partial · lopsided · unbalanced · distorted
wrongly
In incorrect manner
- unjustlyWithout legitimate cause
- inequitablyIn an unequal manner
- improperlyIn an incorrect manner
illegitimately · undeservedly · unwarrantedly · baselessly · groundlessly · arbitrarily · capriciously · unreasonably · harshly · cruelly
favoritism
Preferential treatment of some
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
- preferentialGiven special advantage
privileged · rigged · fixed · stacked · weighted · tilted · uneven · unequal · disproportionate · lopsided
racism
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- ageismPrejudice targeting older people
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
transphobia · ableism · classism · xenophobia · bigotry · prejudice · stereotyping · profiling · redlining · exclusion
prejudiced
Biased against a group
partisan · subjective · jaundiced · tendentious · colored · partial · lopsided · unbalanced · distorted · tilted
unfairlyfairly
Moderately or equitably
justly · equitably · impartially · evenhandedly · fair
- unfair advantageUnearned competitive benefit
- unfair treatment
- unfair tradeExchange with imbalanced terms
- unfair practicesUnethical conduct in business
- unfair dismissalImproper ending of employment
- treating unfairly