unfair distribution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunfairanddistribution
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unfair
adjective
uk/ʌnˈfeər/us/ʌnˈfer/
not treating people in an equal way, or not ...
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distribution
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/us/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
the process of giving things out to several people, or spreading or ...
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(Definition ofunfairanddistributionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Revolutionary anger was stoked, not by moral degradation, but by theunfairdistributionof wealth.
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As for the second, our discussion indicates that the effect of sympathy is to rule out anunfairdistributionof unhappiness.
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I cannot imagine such a tribunal being prepared to exonerate a man who has been condemned forunfairdistributionof milk.
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Investment in combined transport cannot be made by continuously raising taxes and an even higher and moreunfairdistributionof freight costs.
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This agreement is anunfairdistributionof joys and burdens across employers and employees.
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Both these documents confirm the existence of theunfairdistributionof our total national income.
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There is anunfairdistributionof money for discretionary improvements.
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How can anunfairdistributionof routes in the network be avoided?
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I well understand why so many people resent having to pay it, and resent theunfairdistributionthat it represents.
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I heard about theunfairdistributionof speakers not for the first time.
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To take all aprons and overalls off the ration in the present state of supplies, would lead tounfairdistribution.
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We do not want to see in education anunfairdistributionof resources, particularly to those areas which are already at an advantage.
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First, there is the unequal andunfairdistributionof the world's wealth.
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I am told that this comparativelyunfairdistributionis primarily due to faults in relation to the system of priorities.
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It is not only a question ofunfairdistributionas between individuals, but ofunfairdistributionas between certain localities.
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I think a great deal ofunfairdistributionwould have been avoided if that had been done.
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Therefore,unfairdistributionwould have been avoided if rationing had been introduced earlier.
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That is a blatantlyunfairdistributionof resources.
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He said that there was anunfairdistributionof the burden at the present time.
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These are also the result of theunfairdistributionof incomes, which punishes the workers in the interests of capital.
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