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inequity

[in-ek-wi-tee] / ɪnˈɛk wɪ ti /
NOUN
state of being unequal
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But the more open you are with each other, the more you can, in theory, combat inequity.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

That addressed a genuine inequity in coverage, but made it so clinicians are paid more when they diagnose more cases.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Even when elected leaders decry inequity, they typically do more to mystify than clarify what has caused it.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025

In comparison, it said its service in south Wales had attended 983 emergencies in the same period which "clearly demonstrates the inequity that we need to address".

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

Corporal Whitcomb, an atheist, was a disgruntled subordinate who felt he could do the chaplain’s job much better than the chaplain was doing it and viewed himself, therefore, as an underprivileged victim of social inequity.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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