Iniquitous
adjective
Extremely unfair and morally wrong.
His iniquitous behavior towards his employees was widely criticized.
Often appears as...
- iniquitous behavior
- iniquitous treatment
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Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Extremely unfair and morally wrong.
His iniquitous behavior towards his employees was widely criticized.
Often appears as...
- iniquitous behavior
- iniquitous treatment
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word often implies that someone is knowingly acting unfairly or wickedly.
The CEO's iniquitous decision exploited the workers.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Disapproval
Use it to express strong moral judgement, usually against actions or systems.
The iniquitous laws were eventually abolished due to public outcry.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Casual
It's a serious word, not often used in casual conversation or light topics.
Their iniquitous practices demand a serious response, not just a chat.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word often implies that someone is knowingly acting unfairly or wickedly.
The CEO's iniquitous decision exploited the workers.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Disapproval
Use it to express strong moral judgement, usually against actions or systems.
The iniquitous laws were eventually abolished due to public outcry.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Casual
It's a serious word, not often used in casual conversation or light topics.
Their iniquitous practices demand a serious response, not just a chat.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word often implies that someone is knowingly acting unfairly or wickedly.
The CEO's iniquitous decision exploited the workers.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Disapproval
Use it to express strong moral judgement, usually against actions or systems.
The iniquitous laws were eventually abolished due to public outcry.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Casual
It's a serious word, not often used in casual conversation or light topics.
Their iniquitous practices demand a serious response, not just a chat.
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How we can navigate the...
weren't our politics were dysfunctional our economics for inequitable and sometimes iniquitous so we were in a bad place and now we've come through a bad experience together I think there will
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Quote examples
Shervin Pishevar
Iranian Businessman
We write with the souls of thousands of lives saved, the lives of millions of jobs created, liberating multitudes of drivers from the shackles of servitude to iniquitous taxi cartels of corrupt cabals that choked cities with their pollution of air and morals.
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Peter Singer
Australian Philosopher
If we use goods made from raw materials that are obtained from a poor country without the proceeds being used to benefit the people of that country, we become complicit in a particularly iniquitous form of grand larceny.
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Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself.
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Clive Lewis
Chasing new runway capacity to cater to ever more frequent leisure flights by Britain's wealthiest households isn't just iniquitous - it's bad economic policy.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of the pain it gives one.
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Shervin Pishevar
Iranian Businessman
We write with the souls of thousands of lives saved, the lives of millions of jobs created, liberating multitudes of drivers from the shackles of servitude to iniquitous taxi cartels of corrupt cabals that choked cities with their pollution of air and morals.
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Peter Singer
Australian Philosopher
If we use goods made from raw materials that are obtained from a poor country without the proceeds being used to benefit the people of that country, we become complicit in a particularly iniquitous form of grand larceny.
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Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself.
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Clive Lewis
Chasing new runway capacity to cater to ever more frequent leisure flights by Britain's wealthiest households isn't just iniquitous - it's bad economic policy.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of the pain it gives one.
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