inequitable

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Recent Examples of inequitable The initiative was approved by the Board of Supervisors in 2016 as a temporary way to analyze systemic issues that cause inequitable gender treatment and outcomes, and identify responses to help address those concerns. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026 Our current property tax system is a deeply inequitable two-tier system that discriminates against first time homebuyers. — Dale V.c. Holness, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026 Another option is to treat the recent analysis as technical confirmation that the current system is brittle and inequitable, and use that to argue for a deeper change. — David Sathuluri, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 And according to Goldin, machine learning systems can inadvertently carry out inequitable practices. — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for inequitable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inequitable
Adjective
  • All this is very unfair for players and general public in attendance.
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Her guidance prompted a series of unfair labor practice charges, including those involving USC and UCLA football and basketball players, as well as a unionization campaign by Dartmouth’s men’s basketball players.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Rather than simply presenting us with the unequal gender dynamics of the times, Biller’s dialogue can’t help but wink at the audience, underlining every moment of misogyny just in case viewers weren’t smart enough to get it themselves.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The economy is contracting and growing more unequal, leaving a large underclass too poor to participate meaningfully in the new private sector.
    — Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The judge of all the earth cannot be so unjust as to punish the guilty and the innocent alike!
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • But for Salvadorans who have lived in the United States for decades, worked here, paid taxes here and raised families here, the endless cycle of temporary extensions and looming expiration dates has become profoundly unjust.
    — Randy Jurado Ertll, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

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“Inequitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inequitable. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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