INEQUITABLE Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

inequitable

adjective

Definition of inequitable

as in unfair

formal not fair or equal They protested the inequitable treatment of employees.

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Recent Examples of inequitable Many later critiqued the movement as an individualistic framework that supported privileged women and failed to put the onus on the inequitable systems at play. — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 22 May 2026 And according to Goldin, machine learning systems can inadvertently carry out inequitable practices. — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 The former head of women’s basketball sports marketing at Adidas sued the company Wednesday, alleging she was fired in February for raising concerns about gender discrimination, inequitable resources and the treatment of female athletes. — Mike Wilson, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026 What kind of developer puts his money into an indie documentary that might give his business-as-usual peers — not to mention investors, luxury condo buyers and other beneficiaries of Miami’s prolonged but problematic and plainly inequitable real-estate boom — a conniption? — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for inequitable

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Adjective

And it all might be taken away by absurd, unfair officiating.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Mora has accused the company of unfair and fraudulent business practices.

— Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Definition of unfair

Adjective

Such claims – though widely debunked – have long found support in communities on the margins of one of the world’s most unequal societies, where unemployment and poverty are rife.

— Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2026
But cartels and dissident groups still control pockets of the country, cocaine exports are at an all-time high and Colombia remains one of the world's most economically unequal countries.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 June 2026

Definition of unequal

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That doesn’t mean Balogun didn’t think the red card was unjust.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
The laws might prevent what some people believe is morally right, or command – in the name of protecting others’ rights or the common good – what others regard as unjust or unholy.

— Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

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