inequity
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7.4
- noun
- /ɪˈnɛkwɪti/
:
inequidad
- Changes in the requirements for pension benefits intensified gender inequities in the labor market.
- gender inequities
- racial inequities
- social inequities
At the same time, this disease has laid bare gross inequities in our healthcare system.
- At the same time, this disease has laid bare gross inequities in our healthcare system.
- Workplace narcissism can manifest as bullying, harassment, unreasonable expectations, inequity in the workplace.
- I taught middle school science in West Oakland and witnessed, like I said first hand, the inequities that the students face just because of where they live.
- Young people want to work on the tough problems like inequity, like climate.
- You have a more complex division of Labor, but also more inequity driving out of that.
- And there's all sorts of, you know, inequities and.
- And and actually not producing a kind of equity, but an inequity in order to prove their own thesis correct.
Examples
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At the same time, this disease has laid bare gross inequities in our healthcare system.
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The answer was always the same: there is no injustice or inequity here.
Fiction book (1993) -
Young people want to work on the tough problems like inequity, like climate.
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You have a more complex division of Labor, but also more inequity driving out of that.
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For evidence of this inequity, one need look no further than the reaction.
Academic text (2011) -
But I'm here to tell you that this vicious cycle of inequity will soon be broken.
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But the flash point is as much over inequity in the distribution of water as it is over scarcity.
Academic text (2008) -
What principles can be applied to the great financial problems and inequities that confront our world today?
Academic text (1991) -
I taught middle school science in West Oakland and witnessed, like I said first hand, the inequities that the students face just because of where they live.
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The report highlighted the severe inequity in access to quality education across different regions.
Synonyms
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3.9
An unfair action or situation that treats people badly
183
4.2
A situation where some people have fewer rights or chances than others
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4.2
When different parts are not equal in amount or power
75
6.7
A large unfair difference in people's chances or treatment
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2.1
A situation when someone treats people in a way that is not equal or right
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4.6
Unfair treatment of some people because of who they are
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8.6
An unfair spread of resources and chances between people or groups
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8.1
A situation when one thing is much larger or smaller than another and seems unfair
A situation where people are treated unfairly
An unfair way of giving things or help to groups of people
Antonyms
How Fair
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inequity is made of the prefix in- meaning 'not' and equity, which comes from a root meaning 'equal' or 'fair' and is like the common word equal. So inequity means 'not fair' or a lack of fairness.