unfair treatment

/ʌnˌfeə ˈtriːtmənt/

noun phrase

  1. the act of treating a person or group in a way that is not fair, equal, or just, especially because of prejudice or bias

    B1

    uncountable

    • "She complained about unfair treatment at work."A2
    • "They felt they were receiving unfair treatment because of their religion."B1
    • "The students said the rules led to unfair treatment."B1
    • "The report found systematic unfair treatment of disabled employees."B2

Common mistakes

  • unfair treatment to older workers→unfair treatment of older workers

    Use of (or towards) after treatment when you name the people affected.

Collocations

receive unfair treatmentexperience unfair treatmentsuffer unfair treatmentcomplain about unfair treatmentunfair treatment at workunfair treatment of employees

Word family

treattreatmentmistreatmistreatmentunfairunfairlyfairness