inequitable
adjective
in·eq·ui·ta·ble
(ˌ)i-ˈne-kwə-tə-bəl 
: not equitable : unfair
an inequitable distribution of funds
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They protested the inequitable treatment of employees.
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Many later critiqued the movement as an individualistic framework that supported privileged women and failed to put the onus on the inequitable systems at play.
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Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 22 May 2026
Right now, rules governing who pays when disaster strikes are too often opaque, inequitable, and poorly designed to incentivise prevention.
—Nina Seega, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
What kind of developer puts his money into an indie documentary that might give his business-as-usual peers — not to mention investors, luxury condo buyers and other beneficiaries of Miami’s prolonged but problematic and plainly inequitable real-estate boom — a conniption?
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
His rage at this inequitable country has only grown more acute as America’s racial divides widen and codify.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
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Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 22 May 2026
Right now, rules governing who pays when disaster strikes are too often opaque, inequitable, and poorly designed to incentivise prevention.
—Nina Seega, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
What kind of developer puts his money into an indie documentary that might give his business-as-usual peers — not to mention investors, luxury condo buyers and other beneficiaries of Miami’s prolonged but problematic and plainly inequitable real-estate boom — a conniption?
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
His rage at this inequitable country has only grown more acute as America’s racial divides widen and codify.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
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“Inequitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inequitable. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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inequitable
adjective
in·eq·ui·ta·ble
in-ˈe-kwi-tə-bəl
: contrary to the principles of equity : not fair or just
inequitable conduct
inequitably
adverb
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