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Inequity   /ɪnˈɛkwəti/   Listen
Inequity

noun
1.
Injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards.  Synonym: unfairness.  Antonyms: fairness, equity.






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"Inequity" Quotes from Famous Books



... a lad well schooled in inequity such as the wilderness fosters in sturdy fashion. Wide spaces give room for great virtues and great wickedness. Bud felt that he was betting large odds on an unknown quantity. He was placing himself ...
— Cow-Country • B. M. Bower

... too, the wages were not scientifically adjusted to the jobs. The man in job "A" might get one rate and the man in job "B" a higher rate, while as a matter of fact job "A" might require more skill or exertion than job "B." A great deal of inequity creeps into wage rates unless both the employer and the employee know that the rate paid has been arrived at by something better than a guess. Therefore, starting about 1913 we had time studies made of all the thousands of ...
— My Life and Work • Henry Ford



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