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Iniquitous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Characterized by iniquity; wicked.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. wicked or sinful

adj. morally objectionable

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked: as, an iniquitous bargain.

Synonyms Illegal, Wicked, etc. (see criminal); unfair, inequitable, unrighteous, unprincipled, nefarious.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin

Word Usage

"Robespierre, a narrow, prudish, jealous, puritanical but able lawyer from Arras, with journalists like Desmoulins and Loustallot, inveighed against what they described as iniquitous class legislation that would have excluded from the councils of the French nation Jean"

Equivalent

wicked

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

unrighteous criminal nefarious unjust wrong wicked

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

unjust atrocious nefarious unlawful disgraceful unprovoked unconstitutional immoral unjustifiable tyrannical