inequities

noun

plural of inequity
as in injustices
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this the unavoidable inequities of any system for distributing benefits

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Recent Examples of inequities Corruption was endemic, and the country’s deeper troubles—its poverty, its social inequities, and the hopeless conditions that drive millions of Nepalis to emigrate for work—endured, laying the kindling for last year’s explosion. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 Manuel felt the golf course was the perfect setting for the film to explore societal inequities in the country. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026 High-poverty districts that rely on E-Rate to cover up to 90% of network costs warn cuts would force staff and program reductions and widen existing educational inequities. — Linda Jacobson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 That ambiguity is echoed in Banks’ score, which takes on the tone of a lament and a celebration, frustration and hope, struggle and liberation, the quest for transcendence in the face of the challenges posed by daunting inequities. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 Artificial intelligence did not create racial inequities in America. — Shaun Harper, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Strong leaders support individuals without creating lasting inequities for everyone else. — Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 The calls for supernatural aid often consisted of individuals’ attempts to protect themselves and strike back against slave owners under the extreme inequities and traumas of the plantations. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 In addition, these newer therapies also underscore additional limitations of our current system, which include inequities in access due in part to the high cost. — Jamie Maguire, STAT, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inequities
  1. injustices
  2. wrongs
Noun
  • Gloria Steinem attributed her mother's nervous breakdown before she was born, and her treatment in mental institutions and the workforce thereafter, as key to her interest in social injustices.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus founded the Happy Hippie Foundation to fight injustices facing homeless and LGBTQ youth as well as other vulnerable populations.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of injustices
Noun
  • And for five years, the retirees have been fighting these wrongs with little or no support from the vast majority of the City Council who have never even met with the retirees’ representatives.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • And having the club fined is also not going to cause individual players to curtail their emotions or not defend themselves against actual or perceived wrongs.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of wrongs

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“Inequities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inequities. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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