unfair disadvantage

collocation in English

meaningsofunfairanddisadvantage

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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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(Definition ofunfairanddisadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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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 andunfairdisadvantage.
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This effect amounts to an unjustified distortion of the process in a way that places minorities at a seriouslyunfairdisadvantage.
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Did, for example, the taxi-cab, when it was invented, place the old horse-cab at an undue orunfairdisadvantage?
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We must not give the new companies anunfairdisadvantagecompared 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 anunfairdisadvantage.
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Our fishermen must not be put at anunfairdisadvantage, 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 andunfairdisadvantageof some, so affordability does matter.
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The man who did less is at anunfairdisadvantage.
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That would present anunfairdisadvantageto farmers, and it would hamper trade.
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To do otherwise would place the applicant at a severe andunfairdisadvantage.
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As regards (a), the question is whether the charge places coastal carriers in an undue orunfairdisadvantagein competition.
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That is anunfairdisadvantagethat we suffer from in the parts served by the steamers.
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They would be placed at a perfectlyunfairdisadvantage.
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They are directed to institutions or unions which set things up in a way that creates anunfairdisadvantagefor students.
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This amendment would place them at anunfairdisadvantagecompared to a claimant of incapacity benefit.
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This obviously puts these colleagues at anunfairdisadvantage.
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The farm worker starts off with anunfairdisadvantagein his dealings with the farmer.
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But nor must they suffer anunfairdisadvantage.
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Does he agree that they are now at anunfairdisadvantage?
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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 anunfairdisadvantage.
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