inequitable
not equitable; unjust or unfair: an inequitable decision.
Origin of inequitable
1Other words from inequitable
- in·eq·ui·ta·ble·ness, noun
- in·eq·ui·ta·bly, adverb
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How to use inequitable in a sentence
The state also created the new Office of the Environmental Justice Public Advocate to better respond to concerns about inequitable treatment.
Disparities in disease spread and mortality as well as inequitable disease treatment and access to testing have become increasingly evident in the growing pandemic.
A Model for a Just COVID-19 Vaccination Program - Issue 93: Forerunners | Melanie Moses & Kathy Powers | November 25, 2020 | NautilusThe whole matter was thus most inequitably postponed to the July number, primarily at Dr. Royce's instigation.
A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University | Francis Ellingwood AbbotGovernment, for instance, which makes fatal mistakes; law, which so often bears hardly and inequitably in individual cases.
A History of Freedom of Thought | John Bagnell BuryTo adopt such a course would be to treat the receivers of property incomes inequitably.
Distributive Justice | John A. (John Augustine) Ryan
British Dictionary definitions for inequitable
/ (ɪnˈɛkwɪtəbəl) /
not equitable; unjust or unfair
Derived forms of inequitable
- inequitableness, noun
- inequitably, adverb
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