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View synonyms for inequitable

inequitable

[ in-ek-wi-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not equitable; unjust or unfair:

    an inequitable decision.



inequitable

/ ɪnˈɛkwɪtəbəl /

adjective

  1. not equitable; unjust or unfair


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Derived Forms

  • inˈequitableness, noun
  • inˈequitably, adverb

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Other Words From

  • in·equi·ta·ble·ness noun
  • in·equi·ta·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inequitable1

First recorded in 1660–17; in- 3 + equitable

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Example Sentences

He supported policies that redistributed wealth to attempt to ensure a less inequitable society.

First, in moral terms, the current rate structure is grossly inequitable.

In other words, they were a disaster for the economy, and brutally inequitable.

We cannot merely try to recapture the stilted, inequitable, broken economy we left behind.

Franklin objected to Dickinson's proposal of one vote per state on the ground that it was an inequitable arrangement.

The amendment confines its donations to the old States, and, so doing, makes an inequitable discrimination in their favor.

Thus has the idealist conspired with the materialist to keep actual life impoverished and inequitable.

The wicked are dispersed among the clouds, as are also the poor and lowly, an inequitable disposition worthy of a theocracy!

They complement the uninvited poor; both are largely a product of unjust and inequitable social conditions.

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