iniquitous
UK/i'nikwәtәs/US
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Grossly unfair or wicked
邪恶的；极不公正的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivediniquit-not, opposite of
+
-ousequal, even
=iniquitous
iniquity + -ous = 'full of iniquity,' i.e., grossly unfair or wicked. The adjective of iniquity; formal and literary.
Common Collocations
- 1.iniquitous law不公正的法律
- 2.iniquitous system邪恶的制度
- 3.[iniquitous] practice[不公正的]行为
Example Sentences
- 1.
They rose up against the iniquitous laws.
- 2.
It was an iniquitous system that crushed the poor.