inequity

unfairness; bias; favoritism: She treated her two sons with inequity.

Not to be confused with:

iniquity – wickedness; unrighteousness; evildoing, infamy, depravity; gross injustice: I have loved justice and hated iniquity; therefore, I die in exile.

in·eq·ui·ty

(ĭn-ĕk′wĭ-tē)

n. pl. in·eq·ui·ties

1. Injustice; unfairness.

2. An instance of injustice or unfairness: discerned some inequities in the criminal justice system.

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inequity

(ɪnˈɛkwɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. lack of equity; injustice; unfairness

2. an unjust or unfair act, sentence, etc

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

in•eq•ui•ty

(ɪnˈɛk wɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. lack of equity; unfairness.

2. an unfair circumstance or proceeding.

[1550–60]

inequity

, iniquity - Inequity is "injustice, unfairness"; iniquity refers to "immorality, sin, wickedness."

inequity

noun unfairness, prejudice, bias, injustice, discrimination, one-sidedness, unjustness Social imbalance worries him more than inequity of income.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

inequity

noun

1. Lack of justice:

iniquity, injustice, unfairness, unjustness, wrong.

2. An act that is not just:

disservice, injustice, raw deal, wrong.

Law: injury.

Translations

inégalité

ingiustizia iniquità

inequity

[ɪnˈekwɪtɪ] N → injusticia f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

inequity

[ɪnˈɛkwɪti] n

(= inequality) → inégalité f

(= unfairness) → injustice f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

inequity

n → Ungerechtigkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

inequity

[ɪnˈɛkwɪtɪ] n (frm) → ingiustizie fpl

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This dissertation offers insights relevant to diversity and equitable pedagogy through careful consideration of the complicated strategies used by participants in their negotiations of Yoruba identities within a context of social inequity and colonialism.

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"Seeing that the station is being deemed unimportant by some, and the administration's inequity has become unending, an open and composed media is what we need so as to help citizens make up their beliefs," Mitri uttered whereby he voiced his support to transform the station into a public institution.

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Title I funds are intended to reduce inequity by supplying additional dollars to schools serving low-income children.

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New approaches for analyzing two different, but related, types of inequity are proposed.

New Approaches for Analyzing Two Key and Related Issues in Faculty Salaries: Compression and Cost of Living. IR Applications, Volume 26, June 1, 2010

Ashmus, co-founding partner of Frantz Ward LLP, an entrepreneurial law firm, located in Cleveland, Ohio, focused on the inequity self-employed individuals are subject to in the form of an additional tax on the cost of their health insurance.