inequitable
/ɪnˈɛkwɪtəb(ə)l
/adjective
Unfair; unjust: the present taxes are inequitable...
- It may well be that the working class first or most severely appreciates the inequitable nature of the world, but disregard for the law can become widespread.
- When there is inequitable treatment, you get riots.
- In these days of globalisation, the global picture of women is most ignoble and inequitable.
Synonyms
unfair, unjust, discriminatory, preferential, one-sided, unequal, uneven, unbalanced, loaded, weighted, slanted, non-objective, biased, partisan, partial, prejudiced
Derivatives
inequitably
/ adverb ...- Because of the shambles of the funding of local authorities and the fact that it is based on property, rather than ability to pay, the hotel sector is treated inequitably.
- He opposed the death penalty because it is inequitably applied to minorities and the poor.
- In both cases, the economy flourished but benefits were distributed very inequitably.