inegalitarian

adjective

in·e·gal·i·tar·i·an ˌi-ni-ˌga-lə-ˈter-ē-ən

: marked by disparity in social and economic standing

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Within this inegalitarian context, mayors can find even their most noble efforts compromised. —

Mason B. Williams, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020 Cohen’s account emphasizes the court’s inegalitarian streak. —

John Fabian Witt, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2020 The erosion of a cherished tradition reflects an increasingly inegalitarian society, one of the many changes that are tearing at France’s unspoken social contract. —

Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2019 All this contraindicates the democracy movement’s prescription: If our republic’s true sickness is its inegalitarian economic system, then that illness won’t be cured by cross-ideological coalitions. —

Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 23 May 2018 For is there any American institution that trades on unapologetic exclusion and perpetuates inegalitarian arrangements that benefit an in-group more than Harvard? —

Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 13 July 2017