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How to use inequity in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Inequity means a lack of equity (justice). Example: “The intended purpose of antidiscrimination laws is to counteract and reduce inequity.”

Examples of inequity by meaning

nounA lack of equity (justice).

  • The intended purpose of antidiscrimination laws is to counteract and reduce inequity.

nounAn unjust act; a disservice.

  • His action was clearly an inequity.

More sentences with inequity

  • Interventions that address this cycle of intergenerational inequities should be prioritised.2021 December, Mira Johri, Sunil Rajpal, S V Subramanian, [], “Progress in reaching unvaccinated (zero-dose) children in India, 1992–2016…. From the entry zero-dose
  • Donald Trump’s tax returns illustrate the profound inequities of the tax code and the shambolic state of federal enforcement.2020 September 28, New York Times Editorial Board, “The Picture of a Broken Tax System”, in New York Times. From the entry shambolic
  • In turn, this fails to consider, and even elides, important structural inequities between the hetero- and homosexual categories.2013, Dawn Atkins, Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry mono
  • Congress should not be misled to believe that "salami slicing" indications and off-label prescribing practices will resolve the Act's current inequities.1990 March 2, Thomas G. Wiggans, “[Serono Laboratories, Inc., letter to Henry Arnold Waxman, chairman, Subcommittee on Health and the…. From the entry salami-slice
  • He called the “forgiven” servant back to him and confronted him with the ingratitude and inequity of his behavior, and then he unforgave his debt!2010, Richard C. Lamb, Jr., The Pursuit of God in the Company of Friends. From the entry unforgive
  • The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.1994, Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson). From the entry inequities
  • However, far from being a pacifier, women's music has presented an experience which contrasts with the social inequities of our culture's traditionally male-dominated music.1979 August 18, Maida Tilchen, “The Diversity of Women's Music”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 5, page 9. From the entry pacifier
  • Dysconsciousness is an uncritical habit of mind (including perceptions, attitudes, assumptions, and beliefs) that justifies inequity and exploitation by accepting the existing order of things as given.1991 Spring, Joyce E[laine] King, “Dysconscious Racism: Ideology, Identity, and the Miseducation of Teachers”, in Journal of Negro…. From the entry dysconsciousness
  • Rather, it is the green carder who actually lives in Mexico but who commutes on a daily or seasonal basis to the United States who causes inequities to exist.1977, Brian S. Rungeling, Vernon M. Briggs jr., John F. Adams, Employment, Income, and Welfare in the Rural South, page 271. From the entry green carder
  • Your market gardener is not a well-breeched man, dependant as he is on the imponderables of glut, the inequities of distribution, and the greeds of wholesaler and retailer.1954, Thomas Firbank, Log Hut, page 194. From the entry greed
  • These inequities, and the missing geographic counterpoint, do a disservice to those who want to stay in flooded areas, and a disservice to those who still live in unflooded areas.2007 February 17, “In New Orleans, Fighting to Stay (3 Letters)”, in New York Times. From the entry unflooded

Meaning of inequity

  1. noun A lack of equity (justice).
  2. noun An unjust act; a disservice.

Full definition of inequity

Questions about inequity in a sentence

How do you use inequity in a sentence?
Inequity is used as a noun. For example: “The intended purpose of antidiscrimination laws is to counteract and reduce inequity.”
What is a short sentence with inequity?
“His action was clearly an inequity.”
What does inequity mean?
Inequity means a lack of equity (justice).

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