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Definition of iniquitous in English: iniquitousadjective ɪˈnɪkwɪtəsɪˈnɪkwɪdəs Grossly unfair and morally wrong. these awards remain an iniquitous system Example sentencesExamples - That vote hobbled him, on Thursday night as throughout this campaign, from crystallizing public unease about this iniquitous and illegal war.
- The new dispensation distributed patronage through hierarchical relationships and emphasized iniquitous patron-client alliances over horizontal affinity based on shared heritage and culture.
- It is always the story of those upholding higher human virtues locked in battle against the wicked and the iniquitous.
- On the contrary, precisely because they are iniquitous the Church makes an urgent call for freedom of conscience and the duty to oppose.
- The very idea that he would leak stories to her is preposterous, outrageous, possibly blasphemous and undoubtedly iniquitous.
Synonyms wicked, sinful, evil, immoral, improper villainous, criminal, heinous, nefarious vile, foul, base, odious, abominable, execrable, atrocious, dreadful, egregious, malicious outrageous, monstrous, obscene, intolerable, shocking, scandalous, reprehensible unjust, unfair Law malfeasant humorous dastardly archaic facinorous dishonourable, unprincipled wicked, evil, criminal, lawless degenerate, corrupt, reprobate, immoral, dissolute devilish, diabolical, fiendish informal crooked archaic blackguardly
Derivatives adverb Unsurprisingly, this misogynist one-sex model of gender is explicit (women ‘know no moderation in goodness or vice,’ and are iniquitously, and inequitably, ‘more carnal than a man’), and etymologically inauthentic. Example sentencesExamples - I have been shamefully expelled, iniquitously turned out of the position of "Founder-Director" to which I had been appointed.
- When he came in before the Council, he complained he had been most iniquitously turned out of his charge.
noun The iniquitousness of dying farmed salmon to make it look more palatable on the plate is just one of the charges being leveled at the aquaculture industry by the protesters. Example sentencesExamples - The show is funny and like other shows of Gervais' design it exposes the absurdity and iniquitousness of everyday life.
Definition of iniquitous in US English: iniquitousadjectiveiˈnikwidəsɪˈnɪkwɪdəs Grossly unfair and morally wrong. these awards remain an iniquitous system Example sentencesExamples - On the contrary, precisely because they are iniquitous the Church makes an urgent call for freedom of conscience and the duty to oppose.
- The very idea that he would leak stories to her is preposterous, outrageous, possibly blasphemous and undoubtedly iniquitous.
- That vote hobbled him, on Thursday night as throughout this campaign, from crystallizing public unease about this iniquitous and illegal war.
- It is always the story of those upholding higher human virtues locked in battle against the wicked and the iniquitous.
- The new dispensation distributed patronage through hierarchical relationships and emphasized iniquitous patron-client alliances over horizontal affinity based on shared heritage and culture.
Synonyms wicked, sinful, evil, immoral, improper dishonourable, unprincipled
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