as in unfair
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not fair or equal
They protested the inequitable treatment of employees.
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Recent Examples of inequitable
Collective stories and testimonies about police violence represent powerful resistance strategies against inequitable policing and racist socioeconomic and political regimes.
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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
For athletes, inequitable playing contracts and pay remain a major issue.
—Emily Bloch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
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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
For athletes, inequitable playing contracts and pay remain a major issue.
—Emily Bloch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inequitable
Adjective
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Some of his artists have challenged their contracts as unfair, sparking broader debates about industry practices.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Both also often lead to litigation in federal court and the filing of unfair labor practices charges with the NLRB.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Their relationship is both intrinsically unequal and romantic, one of many fraught attachments in Laing’s historical novel.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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In deeply unequal ways, the new era of networked industrialization and electrification began to alleviate the conditions of scarcity that had rendered many communities so vulnerable to the climatic disruptions of the LIA.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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So the investors are suing her and Joggy for securities fraud, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, breach of contract and more.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
23 Oct. 2025
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One month later, District Attorney Bernie Cantorna dismissed the murder charge, saying a retrial would be both impossible and unjust.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Inequitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inequitable. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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