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unfair disadvantage

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meanings of unfairand disadvantage


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unfair
adjective
uk /ʌnˈfeər/ us /ʌnˈfer/
not treating people in an equal way, or not ...
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disadvantage
noun[C or U]
uk /ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/ us /ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition or situation that causes problems, especially one that causes something or someone to be less successful than other things ...
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Examples of unfair disadvantage


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At least on this occasion, opportunity concerns are sufficient to reconcile profound divergences through a more nuanced view of moral relevance and unfairdisadvantage.
This effect amounts to an unjustified distortion of the process in a way that places minorities at a seriously unfairdisadvantage.
Did, for example, the taxi-cab, when it was invented, place the old horse-cab at an undue or unfairdisadvantage?
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We must not give the new companies an unfairdisadvantage compared with their competitors.
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Secondly, the committee argued that the clause placed those parties which had so far unsuccessfully fielded candidates at elections at an unfairdisadvantage.
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Our fishermen must not be put at an unfairdisadvantage, as they will be if this measure is passed without amendment.
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The increasing pressure of house price inflation is therefore to the considerable and unfairdisadvantage of some, so affordability does matter.
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The man who did less is at an unfairdisadvantage.
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That would present an unfairdisadvantage to farmers, and it would hamper trade.
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To do otherwise would place the applicant at a severe and unfairdisadvantage.
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As regards (a), the question is whether the charge places coastal carriers in an undue or unfairdisadvantage in competition.
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That is an unfairdisadvantage that we suffer from in the parts served by the steamers.
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They would be placed at a perfectly unfairdisadvantage.
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They are directed to institutions or unions which set things up in a way that creates an unfairdisadvantage for students.
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This amendment would place them at an unfairdisadvantage compared to a claimant of incapacity benefit.
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This obviously puts these colleagues at an unfairdisadvantage.
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The farm worker starts off with an unfairdisadvantage in his dealings with the farmer.
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But nor must they suffer an unfairdisadvantage.
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Does he agree that they are now at an unfairdisadvantage?
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You cannot relieve one participant in a competition of a proportion of his cost burden without putting the other participants at an unfairdisadvantage.
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