unfair competition

collocation in English

meaningsofunfairandcompetition

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unfair
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈfeər/us
/ʌnˈfer/
not treating people in an equal way, or not ...
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competition
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌkɑːm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
a situation in which someone is trying to win something or be more successful than ...
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(Definition ofunfairandcompetitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunfair competition

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It has been done by looking at two major questions that involved the shopkeepers, namely the legislation on third parties and legislation concerningunfaircompetition.
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It examines two major questions that involved shopkeepers, namely the legislation on third parties in labour disputes, and the legislation concerningunfaircompetition.
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The problem ofunfaircompetitionwas not restricted to the retail and handicraft trades.
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Another complaint isunfaircompetitionfrom the government.
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If the independent producer did not seek title protection, the conglomerate might bring anunfaircompetitionsuit.
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Their complaint, in essence, was one ofunfaircompetition: their solution was that landlords should stick to gathering (moderate) rents and should not intrude into the sphere of farming.
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This is a clear case ofunfaircompetition.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We faceunfaircompetitionfrom an increasing number of foreign trucks taking up more than their fair share of cross-border haulage.
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The purpose is, in fact, to prevent any confusion for consumers andunfaircompetitionfor producers.
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It is important for individual companies, both small and large, to be able to find out whether they are being exposed tounfaircompetition.
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Origin marking is not interventionism; it is a commitment to transparency in the commercial rules of play and in the fight againstunfaircompetition.
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Without doubt, this has in turn led tounfaircompetitionbetween rail and road transport.
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The system it proposes will create conditions ofunfaircompetition, jeopardising the objective of road safety and not helping to encourage quality of service.
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Of course, we question the way in which we put up defensive mechanisms when there is talk of opaque, unclear andunfaircompetition.
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As we see it, that is, and cannot be other than,unfaircompetition, which must be combated by all means available.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
That is precisely what we want to prevent:unfaircompetitionat the expense of, amongst other things, safety.
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Firstly, we want to clamp down on illegal fishing, because it is nothing butunfaircompetitionand the destructive exploitation of fish stocks.
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Unfaircompetitionamong ports should therefore be avoided, and we can imagine a directive to this effect, but it has not been drafted yet.
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Unfaircompetitionmust be avoided at all costs.
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