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
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As reported, Tapestry’s Coach filed a suit against the fast-fashion specialist for trademark counterfeiting, federal trademark infringement, false advertising and unfair competition.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
19 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps that last part is unfair: Lolla, as this oral history lays out, still has a purpose, and even a vision, albeit a broad commercial one.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Advocates for public schools and teachers said eliminating the DOE would be a disaster that would leave children behind in an American education system that’s fundamentally unequal.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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In fact, Davis doesn’t believe adopting a cumulative voting system would fully solve the issue of unequal representation.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Mar. 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 2 Apr. 2025.
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