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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

Despite years of industry leaders vocalizing a need for greater diversity in executive suites and decision-making roles, and the chronic inequity remaining a punchline for award show jokes, the climate has changed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

"There's a real inequity in terms of the opportunity for young people to study computing science at school," she said.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 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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