Iniquitous definition

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Characterized by iniquity; wicked.
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The definition of iniquitous is morally wrong or grossly unfair.

A plan to steal from the church collection plate is an example of something that would be described as iniquitous.

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Showing iniquity; wicked; unjust.
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Origin of iniquitous

Iniquitous Sentence Examples

  • The penal laws against the Catholics, the iniquitous restrictions on Irish trade and industry, the selfish factiousness 'of the parliament, the jobbery and corruption of administration, the absenteeism of the landlords, and all the other too familiar elements of that mischievous and fatal system, were then in full force.

  • There were rites and customs which only after lapse of time were considered iniquitous.

  • Governor Walker stood firmly against this iniquitous scheme; he saw that slavery was, otherwise, doomed, but he thought Kansas could be saved to the Democratic party though lost to slavery.

  • Yet he too seized the supreme power, and perished by an iniquitous sentence on the 18th of February 1836.1 Andres Santa Cruz was an Indian statesman.

  • The corn-growers and the revenue collectors were ruined by exorbitant imposts or by the iniquitous cancelling of contracts; temples and private houses were robbed of their works of art; and the rights of Roman citizens were disregarded.

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