unfairness

CEFRB1

/ʌnˈfɛənəs/

noun

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We're confronted with unfairness on a daily basis.
The reason why fairness in taxation matters is institutionalized unfairness rots society from the inside, and the social order and economy eventually collapse.

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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The reason why fairness in taxation matters is institutionalized unfairness rots society from the inside, and the social order and economy eventually collapse.
2024 January 28, Charles Hugh Smith, Our Tax System Is an Unfair Mess: Here's How to Fix It
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.
2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

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From unfair + -ness.