[ adj ] not equitable or fair <adj.all> the inequitable division of wealthinequitable taxation
Inequitable \In*eq"ui*ta*ble\, a. Not equitable; not just. --Burke.
Hitachi charges Motorola "has engaged in fraudulent and inequitable conduct in the procurement of certain Motorola patents" used in Motorola's MC68030 microprocessor chip.
Annual per pupil expenditures in 1988-89 were $2,729. The national average is $4,770. His district and scores of others have sued the state of Tennessee, contending its method of funding is inequitable and unconstitutional.
"We have to get these unfair and inequitable competitors out of the business, and we're going to do it," Mr. Wall said, to loud applause from the thrift executives.
For many Peruvian and foreign political experts, Peru now stands at a critical point in its 165-year history where an antiquated, inequitable and inefficient politial structure is crumbling.
The chaotic and inequitable division of the savannahs that began in this way is now approaching completion. It is destroying everything that distinguished the Maasai as a people. Over the last two years I have watched Samson's community falling apart.
If provision of childcare is the objective, there are more direct and less inequitable ways of achieving this. Extending tax relief for childcare could win Lamont short-term acclaim; temptation, indeed, just now.
Pricing urban roads and discouraging their use will only create greater pressure for the development of green field sites where access is cheaper. Road pricing is socially divisive and inequitable.
Mr. O'Connell said the surcharge imposes an "inequitable competitive burden" on thrifts because banks don't have to pay it.
In its decision, the appeals panel said that it would be "inequitable" to hold a trustee personally liable for the potentially enormous costs of a cleanup if the trustee did not intentionally violate the law.
"I think there is a significant and growing minority of citizens and legislators who recognize the current system is inequitable.
The balance of advantage must to some degree shift from final salary schemes towards money purchase arrangements which impose an extra investment risk upon the scheme members but avoid the problems of surpluses and inequitable distribution of benefits.