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Inequitable   /ɪnˈɛkwətəbəl/   Listen
Inequitable

adjective
1.
Not equitable or fair.  Synonym: unjust.  "Inequitable taxation"






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"Inequitable" Quotes from Famous Books



... weight. In my judgment, it is directly contrary to everything which profane history tells us about the constitution and the population of the city of Gadara; and it commits those who accept it to a story which, if it were true, would implicate the founder of Christianity in an illegal and inequitable act. ...
— Collected Essays, Volume V - Science and Christian Tradition: Essays • T. H. Huxley

... devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over half a century. The nation continues to make an impressive recovery. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in ...
— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... The simplest remedy for the situation seemed to Cleveland to lie in a reduction of the income, and the most desirable means of reduction seemed to be the downward revision of the tariff, a system of "unnecessary taxation" which he denominated "vicious, inequitable, and illogical." Disclaiming any wish to advocate free trade, he expressed the hope that Congress would turn its attention to the practical ...
— The United States Since The Civil War • Charles Ramsdell Lingley

... interwoven. This class belongs to a lower stratum; they have graduated downward. Feeling that society's hand is against them, Ishmael-like they raise their hand against society. They complement the uninvited poor; both are largely a product of unjust and inequitable ...
— The Arena - Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 • Various

... significance than attaches to a mere figure of speech. We pay South America yearly, let it be known, about $120,000,000 for coffee, wool, hides and other raw products; and the major share of this money is expended in Europe for the necessities and luxuries of life. This is inequitable, to say the least, and should be remedied. Uncle Sam must look to the Orient, as well, and seek to make China his best customer. Every nation in Europe whose foreign trade is worth considering exploits foreign countries in the thorough manner of a great ...
— East of Suez - Ceylon, India, China and Japan • Frederic Courtland Penfield



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