[ UK /ɪnˈɛkwɪti/ ]
[ US /ˌɪˈnɛkwəti/ ]
NOUN
  1. injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use inequity In A Sentence

  • What are some other relatively easy-to-change practices that perpetuate gender inequity?
  • Nor is this an inequity anciently established. Times, Sunday Times
  • Wealth inequity" isn't an issue unless it creates a degree of immiserization among the people that threatens the stability of a government. Drudge Retort
  • Societies have historically rebelled against extremes of inequality, and recent studies have even suggested that the human brain is "hardwired" to dislike inequity. Richard (RJ) Eskow: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look.
  • Many of the same tax loopholes that lead to inequity are also economically inefficient, even harmful.
  • As the relevant courts have often noted, when a school reallocates resources to remedy past inequity against women, it does not commit a new act of reverse discrimination.
  • The reasons behind this inequity, in my mind, lie beyond simple resource allocation.
  • These distance criteria are the toughest in Australia and this inequity is simply unfair.
  • Fairness can have incentive effect, inequity can have negative effect.
  • Ascribing an intrinsic power differential to acts of appropriation, meanwhile, only obscures the specific act -- the "taking possession" -- and its questionable ethical nature -- its "illegitimacy" -- behind wider isues of political inequity which are arguably more important but more nebulous. More on Cultural Appropriation
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy