inequitable
adjective
not equitable; unjust or unfair.
inequitably
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a word derived from
inequitable.
Example Sentences
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Antiviral drugs and monoclonal antibody treatments, both of which can be extremely effective at preventing hospitalization and death, are also underused and inequitably distributed.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 16, 2022
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James criticized the NBA on Wednesday and said the punishment given to Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver for using racial slurs and treating female employees inequitably was not harsh enough.
From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2022
Product bans can be appropriate sometimes — specifically, when viable alternatives are universally available, and impacts are not inequitably distributed.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
“Plastic manufacture is inequitably distributed, with virtually all plastic production facilities located either in low- and mid-income countries or in poor and minority communities within high-income countries,” Landrigan pointed out.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2022
A general property tax, which furnishes about four-fifths of the public revenue, worked so inequitably that a Board of Equalization was appointed in 1901.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various
