Jun 27, 2000 09:59
24 yrs ago
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French term
h. vadney
à armes inégales
Non-PRO
French to English
Bus/Financial
La concurrence était par ailleurs à armes inégales.
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Fayçal Falaky
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inequitable
The competition was infact inequitable.
Meaning : unfair, unjust, one-sided.
Meaning : unfair, unjust, one-sided.
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on an uneven footing
"Incidentally, the competition was taking place on an uneven footing." or something like that.
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unfair
when say armes inegales , you mean unfair most emphatically.
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Sergio Tezza
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"the competition was, on the other hand, unfair
it means that one side was overwhelmingly stronger than the other
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not on a level playing field
this is a common expression in English (we use it often in Canada vis a vis the States); not a specialist, but I have a feeling that the term unfair almost edges on the illegal (as in "unfair trade practices".
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Paola L M
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grossly unfair
would seem to convey the intent. -- HC
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Victor Foster
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moreover, the competitors were unevenly matched
since competition implies more than one participant, I think unevenly matched works without implying intentional unfairness. However, this expression is sports oriented.
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