Unfair vs Larcenous - What's the difference?
unfair | larcenous |
As adjectives the difference between unfair and larcenous is that unfair is not fair, unjust while larcenous is given to larceny, tending to thievery.
unfair English
Adjective
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Not fair, unjust.
*{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
, author=John T. Jost
, title=Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?
, volume=100, issue=2, page=162
, magazine=( American Scientist)
citation
, passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair .}}
- It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends.
See also
* biased
* cheating
* discriminatory
* dishonest
* dishonorable
* disproportionate
* excessive
* foul
* inequitable
* invidious
* partial
* prejudiced
* underhanded
* unequal
* unethical
* uneven
* unfavorable
* unjust
* unjustified
* unwarranted
* wrong
* wrongful
Antonyms
* fair
* just
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larcenous English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Given to larceny, tending to thievery.
Resembling theft, often applied to legal actions that seem unfair.
:These late fees are larcenous . I should have read the fine print before signing.
Derived terms
* larcenously
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