单词 | inequitable |
释义 | inequitableadj.1 Not equitable; characterized by want of equity or fairness; unfair, unjust. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adjective] unrighteOE unrightfulOE wrongousa1200 wrongfulc1311 unevenc1380 unjustc1384 untrue1393 injustc1430 unreasonablec1440 unduec1450 inique1521 unequal1535 wry1561 undeserved?c1570 justless1578 unrighted1608 unequitable1643 inequitable1667 unfair1724 iniquitablea1734 unsportsmanlike1754 unsportsmanly1776 unsporting1859 below the belt1892 red-hot1896 society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective] > unfair unmethea1300 unevenc1380 inique1521 unequal1535 unegall1589 unequitable1643 inequitable1667 unfair1713 iniquitablea1734 unsportsmanlike1754 unsportsmanly1776 rough1801 unsporting1859 below the belt1892 red-hot1896 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety v. 64 The way of Process men take in this affair is so inequitable, as certainly presages the partiality of the sentence. 1753 S. Johnson Adventurer No. 62. ⁋8 Nothing is more inequitable than that one man should suffer for the crimes of another. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 203 The proportions seemed not inequitable . View more context for this quotation 1834 Tucker's Light of Nature Pursued (ed. 3) II. 273 A spiritual pride, making them censorious, inequitable, turning everything to the worst side. 1879 H. George Progress & Poverty vii. i. 306 The inequitable division of wealth. Derivatives inˈequitably adv. in an inequitable manner, unfairly, unjustly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adverb] unevenc1000 unrightOE unrightlyOE wronga1250 falsely1303 wrongouslyc1325 unskilfully1338 unskilwiselya1340 wrongly1340 unrightfullyc1350 wrongfullyc1374 unevenly1382 unjustlyc1384 unduly1399 slanderously1429 injustly1502 undeservedly1549 slanderfully1550 unequallya1599 unequitably1649 unfairly1713 iniquitably1742 inequitably1857 society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adverb] > unfairly unevenc1000 unevenly1382 unequallya1599 unequitably1649 unfairly1713 iniquitably1742 unsportsmanlike1754 unsportsmanly1776 below the belt1844 inequitably1857 1857 T. De Quincey Cicero (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VII. 207 As a commander-in-chief, Pompey was known to have been inequitably fortunate. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 329 It sometimes happens that an exception, which prima facie seems just enough, will yet bear inequitably upon the pursuer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). † inequitableadj.2 Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. That cannot be ridden through.In Phillips, etc. ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Inequitable, not to bee rid through. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Inequitable, that cannot be rid through. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.11667adj.21623 |
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