Definition of INEQUITABLE

Examples of inequitable in a Sentence

They protested the inequitable treatment of employees.

Recent Examples on the Web The cannabis industry is too often targeted by inequitable policies. — BostonGlobe.com, "Should Massachusetts ban billboards advertising marijuana products?," 16 Jan. 2020 The mayor, who was raised by her grandmother in public housing, is striving to make a notoriously inequitable city into one where everyone has a shot at quality housing, great education and well-paying jobs. — NBC News, "San Francisco: Mayor has easy reelection; vaping on ballot," 4 Nov. 2019 The former president of the Board of Supervisors was raised by her grandmother in the city's public housing and has made equity a priority in a city that has become deeply inequitable. — CBS News, "San Francisco's first black female mayor wins reelection," 7 Nov. 2019 As we near 2020, civic exclusion is still a critical tool for those invested in preserving an inequitable status quo, and the policies surrounding mass incarceration are invaluable for continuing to deny participation to millions of Americans. — Piper Kerman, Washington Post, "We’ve Normalized Prison," 28 Oct. 2019 Twenty-eight players, including Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, sued U.S. Soccer in March alleging institutionalized gender discrimination that includes inequitable compensation compared to players on the men's national team. — Anne Peterson, chicagotribune.com, "US Soccer opposes USWNT request for class certification," 1 Oct. 2019 In every meaningful way, the splintered and inequitable system of rural Alaska law enforcement described by Simeon Askoak in 2005 is worse today. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, "After the Last Cop Killed Himself, All the Criminals Have to Do Is Hide," 24 Oct. 2019 Thirty-eight VPSOs statewide — and shrinking In every meaningful way, the splintered and inequitable system of rural Alaska law enforcement described by Simeon Askoak in 2005 is worse today. — Anchorage Daily News, "The last police officer," 24 Oct. 2019 And one place to start is on the hiring practices that result in racially inequitable outcomes for people of color. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "At Fortune’s Global Sustainability Forum, the Planet Is the Point: raceAhead," 5 Sep. 2019

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