inequitable

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As scholars like Amanda Frost, Kate Masur and Martha Jones demonstrate, abolitionists and free Black activists used the concept of citizenship by birthright to make claims of freedom and otherwise challenge inequitable and terrifying circumstances.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

“It risks becoming inequitable and inefficient,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

It held that the lower court’s rescission was an inequitable remedy and reinstated Musk’s compensation plan.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

“So my biggest fear is my children are going to be significantly disadvantaged to everyone else in Scotland. It just seems very inequitable and unfair that, due to financial decisions children's education going to suffer.”

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

This alone will overcome the irrationality of an inequitable levy upon the more sympathetic, and the fluctuations of disproportionate relief.

From Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Prince, Samuel Henry