inequity.

An unfair or unjust difference in treatment, opportunity, or distribution.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• structural inequity
• income inequity

On the page

The report traced structural inequity in access to transport.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular inequity; plural inequities. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, social science. Commonness: moderately common.