unfair treatment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunfairandtreatment
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unfair
adjective
uk/ʌnˈfeər/us/ʌnˈfer/
not treating people in an equal way, or not ...
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treatment
noun
uk/ˈtriːt.mənt/us/ˈtriːt.mənt/
the way you deal with or behave towards someone ...
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(Definition ofunfairandtreatmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There were many stories of exploitation, mismanagement andunfairtreatment.
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What (8) implies depends crucially on whatunfairtreatmentinvolves.
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Why shouldunfairtreatmentworsen the resulting outcome only where it involves the victims ofunfairtreatmentbeing worse off than others?
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Workers regarded the violation of such customs asunfairtreatmentor denied justice (insaf).
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As with (8), much depends here on whatunfairtreatmentinvolves.
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The concern may be to rectifyunfairtreatmentin the past.
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This is mostunfairtreatment.
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Given the wide range of possible views about the nature ofunfairtreatment, (8) clearly differs from (1).
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At least, this might be the case if one can suffer fromunfairtreatmentthrough a fault of one's own.
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The strong version says that inequalities that do not result fromunfairtreatmentare not bad at all.
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That meansunfairtreatmentfor co-operators?
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What does "grosslyunfairtreatment" mean?
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But this recent example is the mostunfairtreatment.
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This would lead to inconsistent andunfairtreatmentbetween claimants.
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That is hardly surprising given that veryunfairtreatment.
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What is the assumption—that they are havingunfairtreatment?
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Unfairtreatment, once in employment, is not itself illegal.
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The men feel that they have receivedunfairtreatment.
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What would the other interests say aboutunfairtreatment?
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Given a very broad understanding ofunfairtreatment, all moral theories will presumably imply that it is bad if some people are treated unfairly.
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This does not satisfy us with respect to the claims ofunfairtreatmentby careful drivers in relation to unsuccessful careless drivers.
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They will object to theunfairtreatmentin itself and be unconcerned about whether it did or did not in fact lead to a bad outcome.
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Unequal treatment constitutesunfairtreatmentindependently of how it affects those it concerns, and independently, also, to some extent, of how it affects these people's overall opportunities.
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These people are very critical of theirunfairtreatmentand lack of rights.
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I think everything reasonable has been done to protect owners' land againstunfairtreatment.
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