as in injustices
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this
the unavoidable inequities of any system for distributing benefits
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Recent Examples of inequities
As the days mount and tension builds, inequities are exposed as often as breaks in the case.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
To walk is to encounter difference, to share the commons, to witness the city’s inequities up close.
—Fahad Zuberi, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Another piece is education, just making people more aware of the inequities that exist.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Nigeria should have issued a statement reiterating its support for South Africa’s efforts to address historical land inequities.
—Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2025
While the district would adapt, the reality is that students with the greatest needs would feel the impact first, and inequities between communities would widen.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
After losing her home in a California wildfire, Timoner exposes inequities magnified by disaster.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
The report's authors also highlighted inequities in the food system, noting that the diets of the world's wealthiest 30% are responsible for 70% of the environmental issues caused by food systems.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
Since at least a decade ago, protests in Morocco have often centered on regional inequities and the government’s priorities in Rabat.
—CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
To walk is to encounter difference, to share the commons, to witness the city’s inequities up close.
—Fahad Zuberi, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Another piece is education, just making people more aware of the inequities that exist.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Nigeria should have issued a statement reiterating its support for South Africa’s efforts to address historical land inequities.
—Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2025
While the district would adapt, the reality is that students with the greatest needs would feel the impact first, and inequities between communities would widen.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
After losing her home in a California wildfire, Timoner exposes inequities magnified by disaster.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
The report's authors also highlighted inequities in the food system, noting that the diets of the world's wealthiest 30% are responsible for 70% of the environmental issues caused by food systems.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
Since at least a decade ago, protests in Morocco have often centered on regional inequities and the government’s priorities in Rabat.
—CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inequities
Noun
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The explicit mention of the death penalty as the source of one passenger’s misery, and their need for blood money — a possibility for everyday citizens — as well as Peyman’s youthful rage against the injustices forcing him to flee, feel definitely charged with defiance, even if measured.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
30 Dec. 2025
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Sacco knows better than most that political chauvinists of all kinds can point to past moments of injury and humiliation to justify any current cruelty or authoritarian project—an especially powerful appeal when those historical injustices are real.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Righting a couple of wrongs that everybody was talking about.—
D. Orlando Ledbetter,
AJC.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Was this award created, to some degree, to right Emmy wrongs?—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Inequities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inequities. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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