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
Economically disadvantaged students in Austin continue to perform at inequitable rates compared to their local peers, and underperform similar students in Texas at large.
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Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The fund’s first round of funding awards to address inequitable property appraisal values through the UPLIFT initiative and $4 million in funding to strengthen high-skill workforce development through the Roads to Careers program.
—Benjamin Adams, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
If those patterns reflect inequitable access, discrimination or systemic gaps, the model may perpetuate them.
—Jodi Daniels, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Federal voucher support threatens to incentivize states to adopt similar inequitable funding models that harm public education nationwide.
—Maddy Wheelock, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
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Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The fund’s first round of funding awards to address inequitable property appraisal values through the UPLIFT initiative and $4 million in funding to strengthen high-skill workforce development through the Roads to Careers program.
—Benjamin Adams, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
If those patterns reflect inequitable access, discrimination or systemic gaps, the model may perpetuate them.
—Jodi Daniels, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Federal voucher support threatens to incentivize states to adopt similar inequitable funding models that harm public education nationwide.
—Maddy Wheelock, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inequitable
Adjective
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Union employees at Stillwater Medical Group have reached a tentative agreement with HealthPartners, just two days after voting to authorize another unfair labor practices strike.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
7 Aug. 2025
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Utility commissioners ruled in favor of power companies, which argued that older versions of the program created an unfair cost burden on customers.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Its current map, which was adopted in 2021, contains non-compact districts, which leads to unequal voter density per area, and more county splits than the average, according to the Gerrymander Project.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
7 Aug. 2025
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The human cost of redevelopment was staggering and unequal.—
James Burling,
Oc Register,
13 July 2025
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Fiction itself is utopian, too, a space where the unjust logic of inheritance and privilege can be questioned, rearranged or reversed.—
Nell Stevens
August 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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Due process El Centro, a nonprofit that serves Hispanic families in the Kansas City area, condemned the Kansas raids as unjust and dehumanizing.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Inequitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inequitable. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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