Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an inequitable manner; unjustly; unfairly.
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- adverb In an
inequitable manner.
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- adverb in an inequitable manner
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Examples
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In light of these facts, the residents of the coalfields and the public resources of the Commonwealth are being inequitably affected.
Jeff Biggers: Longwall Mining's Aftershocks and Destruction: Interview on Blockbuster New Study on Big Coal's Dirty Secret Jeff Biggers 2011
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Those complaints must now be among the thousands filed by people all over the country with similar disappointed dreams of real Afghan democracy -- the very complaints now being so efficiently dealt with in Kabul even as disgruntled voters take to the streets of Herat, Kunduz, Paktia, Ghor, and other cities to protest mass disqualifications that seem to fall inequitably on certain areas or ethnic groups.
Ann Jones: Big Men, Big Money, Big Voting Scam: The American Midterm Election -- in Afghanistan Ann Jones 2010
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It found its political voice opposing British colonial rule in the ensuing decade and has drawn its considerable strength and popular support by providing social services to Egypt's poor in a nation where wealth is inequitably distributed.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood faces prospect of democracy amid internal discord 2011
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In light of these facts, the residents of the coalfields and the public resources of the Commonwealth are being inequitably affected.
Jeff Biggers: Longwall Mining's Aftershocks and Destruction: Interview on Blockbuster New Study on Big Coal's Dirty Secret Jeff Biggers 2011
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"New York City residents are once again being treated inequitably," the testimony says.
Liu Aiming at Cuomo's Budget Plan Michael Howard Saul 2012
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It found its political voice opposing British colonial rule in the ensuing decade and has drawn its considerable strength and popular support by providing social services to Egypt's poor in a nation where wealth is inequitably distributed.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood faces prospect of democracy amid internal discord 2011
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Preferential treatment is a broad category, describing behavior that is unequally applied to workers and can inequitably benefit recipients.
Beat the Boss's Pet…or Become One Ruth Mantell 2011
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It found its political voice opposing British colonial rule in the ensuing decade and has drawn its considerable strength and popular support by providing social services to Egypt's poor in a nation where wealth is inequitably distributed.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood faces prospect of democracy amid internal discord 2011
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"Unfortunately, federal tax law has not kept pace with corporate change in this area, and employers that offer such benefits and employees who receive them are taxed inequitably."
Bill Would End Taxing Benefits for Domestic Partners Kristina Peterson 2011
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"As also noted in SIGTARP's March 2010 report on HAMP, this lack of consistent and clear standards could mean that servicers are inconsistently applying criteria in this area and thereby inequitably treating borrowers across the program."
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