inequitable

Example Sentences

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“It risks becoming inequitable and inefficient,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

But the distribution of income from their exploitation is seen as inequitable, benefiting mostly the mining companies and not the local population.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

The Framers envisioned executive clemency as a safety valve to correct overly harsh and inequitable sentences.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2024

“So my biggest fear is my children are going to be significantly disadvantaged to everyone else in Scotland. It just seems very inequitable and unfair that, due to financial decisions children's education going to suffer.”

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

Those who had made inequitable decrees, while in office, were now as private citizens forced to submit to the principles they had established.

From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.