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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Those businesses are setting the rules - creating an inequitable dynamic.
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Amy Guttman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Collective stories and testimonies about police violence represent powerful resistance strategies against inequitable policing and racist socioeconomic and political regimes.
—Lashawn Harris
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Women in particular carry the brunt of it, juggling inequitable pay, workplace sexism, and a political environment that treats their rights like bargaining chips.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
A lot of us might want to judge students on the merits of their participation in class, but we’ve been discouraged from doing so out of fear that such evaluations will be deemed arbitrary and inequitable—and that students and their parents might complain.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2025
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Amy Guttman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Collective stories and testimonies about police violence represent powerful resistance strategies against inequitable policing and racist socioeconomic and political regimes.
—Lashawn Harris
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Women in particular carry the brunt of it, juggling inequitable pay, workplace sexism, and a political environment that treats their rights like bargaining chips.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
A lot of us might want to judge students on the merits of their participation in class, but we’ve been discouraged from doing so out of fear that such evaluations will be deemed arbitrary and inequitable—and that students and their parents might complain.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2025
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“Inequitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inequitable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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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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