Sentence examples for if unfair from inspiring English sources

But can Coke and its confreres prevent the inevitable — if unfair — bad buzz?

"Mrs" and "Miss", once important (if unfair) social distinctions, have given way to a ubiquitous "Ms", even for the most wifely of women.

It was never going to beat the $152.5m first weekend of The Hunger Games back in March 2012, which is the obvious, if unfair, comparison.

But it is still easy, if unfair, for his opponents to portray him as a heartless capitalist who enriched himself at the expense of the little guy.By the same token, as governor, Mr Romney was not as much a champion of small government as he claims.

Evidently provoked by this recitation (accurate enough as far as it went, if unfair in its insinuation of personal corruption on Cheney's part), the Vice-President growled: The reason they keep trying to attack Halliburton is because they want to obscure their own record.

"He was persistent in supporting and saying that the public has the right to revolt if unfair austerity measures are imposed on them," says Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis, an expert on Greek politics at the London School of Economics.

The relationship between Google and Web sites, publishers and advertisers often seems lopsided, if not unfair.

For years, the nominating process has unfolded in an orderly, if essentially unfair, way.

*** If woundingly unfair criticism is made around the time of death, it ought to be corrected by those with first-hand knowledge, writes Tam Dalyell.

There is a curious difference, though, in that the authors of the e-mail messages plainly felt that they were engaging in conventional, if possibly unfair, behavior.

But judging The Red Pill by the most extreme statements of its members is, if not unfair, then at least inaccurate.