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
Yet even as the state began to take over, education remained inequitable for Alaska Natives.
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Emily Schwing, ProPublica, 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
Instead of creating pathways that lead families to compete for more inequitable schooling options, legislators at the federal and state levels should focus on bettering the schools that students already attend.
—Maddy Wheelock, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
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Emily Schwing, ProPublica, 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
Instead of creating pathways that lead families to compete for more inequitable schooling options, legislators at the federal and state levels should focus on bettering the schools that students already attend.
—Maddy Wheelock, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inequitable
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Trump sees tariffs as a tool to protect domestic manufacturing businesses from unfair global competition or to open up open markets such as the EU's so American businesses can sell more freely in them.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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In some ways, this is the same old story of an unfair economy where the rungs on the ladder to success keep getting farther apart, keeping those with wealth securely at the top while others struggle to climb.—
Daryl Fairweather,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The challenge is not the technology itself but rather unequal access to it.—
Sam Sammane,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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But despite the canal’s financial success, Panama today is one of the most unequal countries in Latin America.—
Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article Family members said their younger brother was shot and killed by San Diego police on Friday, condemning his killing as unjust and disputing authorities’ assertion that he was armed.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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The act wasn’t fully repealed until 1965, when it was recognized how unjust and discriminatory this legislation was, though elements of it remain in our current system.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Inequitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inequitable. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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