unfair competition

collocation in English

meanings of unfairand competition

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unfair
adjective
uk /ʌnˈfeər/ us /ʌnˈfer/
not treating people in an equal way, or not ...
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competition
noun
uk /ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ us /ˌkɑːm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
a situation in which someone is trying to win something or be more successful than ...
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Examples of unfair competition

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It has been done by looking at two major questions that involved the shopkeepers, namely the legislation on third parties and legislation concerning unfaircompetition.
It examines two major questions that involved shopkeepers, namely the legislation on third parties in labour disputes, and the legislation concerning unfaircompetition.
The problem of unfaircompetition was not restricted to the retail and handicraft trades.
Another complaint is unfaircompetition from the government.
If the independent producer did not seek title protection, the conglomerate might bring an unfaircompetition suit.
Their complaint, in essence, was one of unfaircompetition : their solution was that landlords should stick to gathering (moderate) rents and should not intrude into the sphere of farming.
This is a clear case of unfaircompetition.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We face unfaircompetition from an increasing number of foreign trucks taking up more than their fair share of cross-border haulage.
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The purpose is, in fact, to prevent any confusion for consumers and unfaircompetition for producers.
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It is important for individual companies, both small and large, to be able to find out whether they are being exposed to unfaircompetition.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Origin marking is not interventionism; it is a commitment to transparency in the commercial rules of play and in the fight against unfaircompetition.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Without doubt, this has in turn led to unfaircompetition between rail and road transport.
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The system it proposes will create conditions of unfaircompetition, jeopardising the objective of road safety and not helping to encourage quality of service.
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Of course, we question the way in which we put up defensive mechanisms when there is talk of opaque, unclear and unfaircompetition.
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As we see it, that is, and cannot be other than, unfaircompetition, which must be combated by all means available.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
That is precisely what we want to prevent: unfaircompetition at the expense of, amongst other things, safety.
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Firstly, we want to clamp down on illegal fishing, because it is nothing but unfaircompetition and the destructive exploitation of fish stocks.
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Unfaircompetition among ports should therefore be avoided, and we can imagine a directive to this effect, but it has not been drafted yet.
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Unfaircompetition must be avoided at all costs.
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