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unfair burden

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meanings of unfairand burden


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unfair
adjective
uk /ʌnˈfeər/ us /ʌnˈfer/
not treating people in an equal way, or not ...
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burden
noun[C]
uk /ˈbɜː.dən/ us /ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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Examples of unfair burden


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Obedience is not pointless in this circumstance; nor can patients who are held to the rules plausibly complain that their physician has placed an unfairburden on them.
Both women stated that since becoming sick they weren't as willing to become involved in a relationship, feeling that it would be an unfairburden to someone else.
Because friends or family members are not expected to be the primary beneficiaries of the research, making them responsible for its costs would place an unfairburden on them.
Just as in the case of the training colleges, a most unfairburden has been imposed on them in the last 10 years.
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A £l0 duty on a £50 fare is a significant extra cost, and an unfairburden.
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I wholly endorse the new clause, which seeks to compensate business for bearing an unfairburden.
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That is almost unique and is an unfairburden to place on young people.
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We are being asked to carry an unfairburden.
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Therefore, they would bear an unfairburden if it applied over 12 months.
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The report imposes a grossly unfairburden on the civil servants who have "carried the can" so far.
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This unfairburden was placed upon the shoulders of the smallholder.
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It is a burden and tax on the average citizen of the country and a very unfairburden.
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It will mean that it is being asked to operate under a grossly unfairburden.
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I say that to ask him to pay for this crimson or scarlet and gold sash is to put an unfairburden upon him.
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We are also putting an unfairburden on the university authority.
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It is intolerable for civil liberties and it is an unfairburden to place on the shoulders of individual policemen.
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I am sure that there will be no unfairburden resting on the butcher, nor should we wish there to be.
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However, we decided against that because we felt that it would impose an unfairburden on providers.
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I believe it is an unfairburden to put on the retailer.
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Will he consider removing that unfairburden from the nuclear industry, because it is a major problem for that industry at the present time?
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