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inequity

/ɪnˈɛk.wɨ.ti/US/ɪnˈɛkwɪti/

inequity noun: a lack of equity (justice).

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Noun

inequity (countable and uncountable, plural inequities)

  1. A lack of equity (justice).
    • Near-synonyms: injustice, unfairness, partiality, bias
    • The intended purpose of antidiscrimination laws is to counteract and reduce inequity.
  2. An unjust act; a disservice.
    • His action was clearly an inequity.

inequity meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

inequity in Tamil

அநியாயம், அநீதி, சமமின்மை

inequity in Urdu

بےانصافی, فساد, فسق, حیف

inequity in Bengali

অবিচার, অন্যায্যতা, বৈষম্য

inequity in Malayalam

injustice, unfairness, unjustness
അന്യായം, നീതിവിരുദ്ധത, അനീതി, ദുർന്നീതി, നീതികേട്, അവനെറി

Examples of inequity in a sentence

  • Interventions that address this cycle of intergenerational inequities should be prioritised.
  • Donald Trump’s tax returns illustrate the profound inequities of the tax code and the shambolic state of federal enforcement.
  • In turn, this fails to consider, and even elides, important structural inequities between the hetero- and homosexual categories.

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Synonyms of inequity

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of inequity

Forms of inequity

pluralinequities

Plural of inequity: inequities

Origin of inequity

From in- + equity. Piecewise doublet of iniquity.

Words formed from inequity

Questions about inequity

What does inequity mean?
Inequity means a lack of equity (justice).
What is inequity in Tamil?
Inequity in Tamil is அநியாயம், அநீதி, சமமின்மை. See Inequity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is inequity?
Inequity is a noun.
How do you pronounce inequity?
Inequity is pronounced /ɪnˈɛk.wɨ.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of inequity?
The plural of inequity is inequities.

Words near inequity in the dictionary

  1. inequipotentiality
  2. inequitable
  3. inequitableness
  4. inequitably
  5. inequities
  6. inequity
  7. inequivalence
  8. inequivalences
  9. inequivalent
  10. inequivalently
  11. inequivalve

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inequity (page history and authors); inequity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inequity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inequity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inequity (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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