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† iˈniquitable, a. Obs. rare. [f. in-3 + equitable, after iniquitous, iniquity, etc.] Unjust; iniquitous. (See also inequitable.) Hence † iˈniquitably adv., unjustly.
a1734North Lives (1826) I. 401 He used to exaggerate the monstrous impudence of counsel that insisted so iniquitably. Ibid. 421 Sensible of the prodigious injustice and iniquitable torment. a1734― Exam. ii. v. §31 (1740) 333 Whoever pretended to gainsay or resist an Act of Parliament, although..it may be as iniquitable as any Action of a single Person can be? |