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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East San José has experienced decades of underinvestment tied to redlining and inequitable planning decisions, which continue to shape outcomes for our residents today.
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Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
And according to Goldin, machine learning systems can inadvertently carry out inequitable practices.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 22 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
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Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
And according to Goldin, machine learning systems can inadvertently carry out inequitable practices.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 22 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
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“Inequitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inequitable. Accessed 4 Jun. 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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