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单词 iniquitousness
释义

iniquitous

adjective

in·​iq·​ui·​tous i-ˈni-kwə-təs How to pronounce iniquitous (audio)
: characterized by iniquity
iniquitously adverb
iniquitousness noun

Synonyms

  • bad
  • dark
  • evil
  • immoral
  • nefarious
  • rotten
  • sinful
  • unethical
  • unlawful
  • unrighteous
  • unsavory
  • vicious
  • vile
  • villainous
  • wicked
  • wrong
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Example Sentences

zero tolerance at the academy for cheating and other iniquitous practices
Recent Examples on the Web Corporate America and conservatives consider the very idea of the government’s deciding what to fund and what not to fund iniquitous. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2021 Similar makeovers have been undertaken on behalf of such iniquitous figures as Blackbeard, Henry VIII, Robespierre and the Marquis de Sade. Joe Queenan, WSJ, 10 June 2021 And there's a broader drive in American culture to expose iniquitous power relations and reevaluate revered historical figures. Michelle Goldberg, Star Tribune, 21 May 2021 On January 28, 2020, a lawsuit was filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York under which 80 people came forward with yet another iniquitous side of NXIVM. Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2020 His views on the meaning of the Constitution were considered by some of the political class to be iniquitous. Leslie Southwick, National Review, 17 Sep. 2019 Cosmopolitanism — the idea of moral community among human beings, regardless of social and political affiliation — is alive and well, in spite of whatever iniquitous sludge might ooze out from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019 But those jabs were misguided, spun by malcontents to stoke anger against an iniquitous regime the queen neither created nor controlled. Jeffrey Westbrook. Styled By Will Kahn, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2019 Legalization was extolled as a means to mitigate the iniquitous effects of a drug war that disproportionately imprisoned African Americans, often for possessing trifling quantities of pot. Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 12 Dec. 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1726, in the meaning defined above

iniquitousness

noun

as in corruption
immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society a movie about an unhinged taxi driver who is disgusted by the iniquitousness of the city's tenderloin and goes on a murderous rampage

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • corruption
  • evil
  • sin
  • immorality
  • sinfulness
  • evilness
  • corruptness
  • bad
  • iniquity
  • villainousness
  • profligacy
  • licentiousness
  • depravity
  • libertinism
  • ill
  • blackness
  • vice
  • badness
  • libertinage
  • debauchery
  • wrong
  • despicableness
  • wickedness
  • depravedness
  • vileness
  • pervertedness
  • criminality
  • heinousness
  • villainy
  • turpitude
  • unscrupulousness
  • evildoing
  • fiendishness
  • dissoluteness
  • atrociousness
  • viciousness
  • lewdness
  • lasciviousness
  • reprehensibleness
  • debasement
  • dissolution
  • degeneracy
  • abomination
  • taboo
  • perversion
  • meanness
  • looseness
  • indecency
  • devilry
  • baseness
  • anathema
  • deviltry
  • degeneration
  • dirtiness
  • lechery
  • wretchedness
  • wantonness
  • miserableness
  • lowness
  • lousiness
  • tabu

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • right
  • virtue
  • morality
  • good
  • legitimacy
  • integrity
  • righteousness
  • honor
  • honesty
  • goodness
  • uprightness
  • probity
  • purity
  • rectitude
  • scrupulousness
  • perfection
  • innocence
  • virtuousness
  • correctness
  • chastity
  • blamelessness
  • scrupulosity
  • decency
  • cleanness
  • decorousness
  • rightness
  • propriety
  • spotlessness
  • pureness
  • seemliness
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