1
as in injustice
the state of being unfair or unjust
the inequity of the punishment led many people to believe that the defendant was being punished for his political beliefs
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as in wrong
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 inequity
Earlier this year, the CSU system ended a three-year legal battle with two former Cal State San Bernardino administrators who alleged they were fired or pushed to resign after reporting gender inequities, discrimination and harassment.
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Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
Like me, the children and families in the neighborhood surrounding the Obama center face social and economic inequities.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
The causes of these disparities are often attributed to organizational policies, biased hiring practices, and structural inequities.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
It was completed last month and shows persistent inequities and challenges related to housing affordability, food access, transportation, income and education.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026
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Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
Like me, the children and families in the neighborhood surrounding the Obama center face social and economic inequities.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
The causes of these disparities are often attributed to organizational policies, biased hiring practices, and structural inequities.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
It was completed last month and shows persistent inequities and challenges related to housing affordability, food access, transportation, income and education.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inequity
Noun
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The story does not flinch from the realities of segregation, including the violence that the family faced moving into white neighborhoods in Fort Worth in the 1950s, but there is more hope than fear, more faith in the power of righteousness to defeat injustice, in its pages.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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There are many reasons for all of this, but the lasting burden of decade after decade after decade of injustice still makes shoulders ache.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Because, so far, my instincts are all dead wrong.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
18 June 2026
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The streamer got that one wrong.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
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“Inequity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inequity. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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