INIQUITOUS in a Sentence

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1. It is an iniquitous system that allows a person to die because they have no money to pay for medicine.
2. Whether or not King Richard III was responsible for the murder of the two young princes in the Tower, it was an iniquitous deed.

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 Meanings and Examples of INIQUITOUS
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iniquitous
 a.  wicked or sinful; immoral; unrighteous
Classic Sentence:
1  It certainly is a most iniquitous affair," said Mr. Bennet, "and nothing can clear Mr. Collins from the guilt of inheriting Longbourn.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
2  These, under the name of precedents, they produce as authorities to justify the most iniquitous opinions; and the judges never fail of directing accordingly.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER V.
3  He had felt a subtle, dark, and murmurous presence penetrate his being and fire him with a brief iniquitous lust: it, too, had slipped beyond his grasp leaving his mind lucid and indifferent.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
4  Then war, whether foreign or civil, is iniquitous; it is called crime.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE
Example Sentence:
1  Whether or not King Richard III was responsible for the murder of the two young princes in the Tower, it was an iniquitous deed.
2  It is an iniquitous system that allows a person to die because they have no money to pay for medicine.