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
Annotated by ProPublica Yet even as the state began to take over, education remained inequitable for Alaska Natives.
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Emily Schwing, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
Historically and statistically, the Black population faces inequitable access to healthcare, education, and land.
—Tamika Caston-Miller, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
Rather than dismissing tolling as an inequitable cash grab, policymakers should recognize it as a fair and necessary strategy to maintain and modernize transportation infrastructure.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Workplaces must become environments where microaggressions, implicit bias, and inequitable opportunities are actively dismantled.
—Shari Dunn, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
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Emily Schwing, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
Historically and statistically, the Black population faces inequitable access to healthcare, education, and land.
—Tamika Caston-Miller, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
Rather than dismissing tolling as an inequitable cash grab, policymakers should recognize it as a fair and necessary strategy to maintain and modernize transportation infrastructure.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Workplaces must become environments where microaggressions, implicit bias, and inequitable opportunities are actively dismantled.
—Shari Dunn, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inequitable
Adjective
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday the tariffs would offset unfair treatment the U.S. has faced for decades.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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Still, Leavitt said the high tariffs are unfair for Americans, and the United States should charge the same, in kind.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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The state’s Indigenous children suffer the greatest consequences because most rural school districts are predominantly Alaska Native — a population that was long forced to attend separate and unequal schools.—
Emily Schwing,
ProPublica,
4 Mar. 2025
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In a country marred with unequal land distribution based on race, the government uses expropriation as a tool to address systemic land inequality and dispossession.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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The lawsuit alleged a veritable shopping list of offenses including breach of contract, unjust enrichment, forgery and wrongful conversion of property.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Mar. 2025
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To all but the most rabid leftists, this result is grossly unjust.—
Mike Davis,
The Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Inequitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inequitable. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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