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Definition: Iniquitous |
IniquitousAdjective1. Characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "iniquitous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Note: Iniquitous \In*iq"ui*tous\, adjective. [From Iniquity.]. (references) |
Synonyms: IniquitousSynonyms: sinful (adj), ungodly (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vice | Adjective: vicious; sinful; sinning;Verb: wicked, iniquitous, immoral, unrighteous, wrong, criminal; naughty, incorrect; unduteous, undutiful. |
Wrong | Objectionable; unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable; improper, unfit; unjustified; illegal; iniquitous; immoral. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Iniquitous |
| English words defined with "iniquitous": iniquitously, Iniquous. (references) |
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 | Cackle; cackling; evil; sinister; Mephistophelean; accursed; devil; cursed; damnable; damned; demoniac; demonic; detestable; diabolic; diabolical; execrable; fiendish; hellborn; hellish; hell; infernal; iniquitous; nefarious; satanic; serpentine; unhallow. | | Abominable; amoral; atrocious; base; contemptible; corrupt; debased; degenerate; depraved; devilish; dissolute; egregious; evil; fiendish; flagitious; foul; gross; guilty; heartless; heinous; immoral; impious; impish; incorrigible; indecent; iniquitous; i. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Such unnatural and iniquitous practices can be restrained only by severe punishments. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Iniquitous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Iniquitous" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 38 | 55,818 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
iniquitous | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "iniquitous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i padrejtë (foul, inequitable, injurious, inofficious, jug-handled, one sided, partial, unfair, unjust, wrong, wrongful), i lig (bad, basilisk, catty, despiteful, diabolic, diabolical, evil, evil-minded, felon, godless, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, nefarious, perverse, sinister, spiteful, vicious, wicked). (various references) | |
Arabic | جائر (inequitable, oppressive, unfair, unjust, unworthy, wanton, wrongful), ظالم (exploiter, inequitable, oppressive, tyrannous, unequal, unfair, unjust, wrongful), شرير (bad, black, black-hearted, dark, devil, diabolic, diabolical, evil, ill, maleficent, malicious, malign, nasty, naughty, rascally, reprobate, rogue, roguish, rude, sinister, spiteful, unholy, vicious, wicked). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | греховен (erring, sinful), грешен (fallacious, peccant, sinful, unhallowed, unrighteous, wicked, wrong), несправедлив (inequitable, one-legged, partial, raw, unfair, unjust, unrighteous, wrong, wrongful), беззаконен (anarchic, anarchical), порочен (impure, poisonous, unregenerated, vicious, wicked), долен (abject, base, bottom, contemptible, currish, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inferior, low, lower, low-grade, mangy, mean, mean-spirited, rascal, ratty, reptile, rotten, scaly, scurvy, shady, under, unworthy, vile, villainous). (various references) | |
Chinese | 邪 (demonical, nefarious), 极不公正. (various references) | |
Czech | nespravedlivý (inequitable, uncalled for, unfair, unjust, unrighteous, wrongful). (various references) | |
French | injuste (invidious), inique, d'une injustice. (various references) | |
German | ungerecht (inequitable, unjust, wrongful). (various references) | |
Greek | άνομοσ (illegal, lawless, nefarious). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מרושע (diabolic, evil, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, nefarious, sinister, unholy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gonosz (bad, black, malicious, mischievous, nefarious). (various references) | |
Italian | iniquo, infame (infamous). (various references) | |
Korean | 부정한 (Corrupt). (various references) | |
Manx | olkyssagh (baleful, elfish, evilly-disposed, malicious, malignant, mischief-maker, mischievous, naughty, vicious, wicked), meechairysagh, meechairagh, loghtagh (blameworthy, culpable, defaulter, defective, delinquent, fault-finding, faulty, illgotten, offending, vicious), anchiart (incorrect, morally unequal). (various references) | |
Norwegian | urettferdig (inequitable), skammelig (disgraceful, infamous). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iniquitousay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | inquo. (various references) | |
Romanian | nelegiuit (scoundrel, unlawful, villainous, wicked), nedrept (foully, injurious, inofficious, perverse, undue, unfair, unjust, unlawful, wicked, wrong, wrongful), arbitrar (arbitrarily, arbitrary, groundless, high handed, iniquitously). (various references) | |
Russian | ужасающе несправедливый. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | grešan (peccable, peccant, sinful, ungodly, unrighteous). (various references) | |
Spanish | inicuo (nefarious, wicked, wrong). (various references) | |
Swedish | upprörande (flagrant, revolting), orättfärdig (unjust, wrongful). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งไม่ยุติธรรม. (various references) | |
Turkish | insafsız (confiscatory, cutthroat, fell, heartless, inequitable, inhumane, merciless, relentless, ruthless, unconscientious, unconscionable, unfair, unfeeling, unjust, unkind, unmerciful, wrongful), kanunsuz (illegal, illicit, lawless, undue, unlawful), kötü (bad, nasty, poor), haksız (false, gratuitous, ill gotten, inequitable, insupportable, invidious, raw, tortious, uncalled for, undeserved, unearned, unequal, unfair, unjust, unjustified, unmerited, unrighteous, unwarranted, wrong, wrongful), adaletsiz (inequitable, unjust, unrighteous). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | несправедливий (inequitable, injurious, one sided, unfair, unjust, unrighteous, wrong), жахливий (abominable, abysmal, almighty, appalling, atrocious, awesome, awful, blinking, blood-curdling, blue, chronic, damnable, damned, deadly, desperate, deuced, devilish, dire, direful, dreadful, eerie, eery, eldritch, enormous, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, flagrant, frightening, frightful, grievous, gruesome, horrible, horrific, macabre, monstrous, plaguy, scarey, scary, towering, tragic, tremendous, ungodly, wretched). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trái với đạo lý; tội lỗi hết sức bất công. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "iniquitous": iniquitously, iniquitousness, iniquitousnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Iniquitous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inequitous, iniquitious, iniquituos. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "iniquitous" (pronounced 'In*iq"ui*tous'): Acclivitous, Acetous, Achromatous, Acronyctous, Agalactous, Angiospermatous, Anhistous, Apostematous, Aproctous, Archaeostomatous, Argentous, Aromatous, Asbestous, Asomatous, Aspermatous, Atheromatous, Automatous, Azotous, Bicipitous, Boistous, Calamitous, Carcinomatous, Cataractous, Centicipitous, Cespitous, Chilostomatous, Circuitous, Comatous, Compositous, Cruentous, Echinodermatous, filamentous, fortuitous, Glaucomatous, gratuitous, infelicitous, Lentous, Lithophytous, Macrotous, momentous, Monotrematous, Necessitous, Odontostomatous, OEdematous, Ostentous, Pachydermatous, Papillomatous, Pectous, Pedetentous, Perichaetous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-i-n-o-q-s-t-u-u" | |
-4 letters: outsin, quints, quoins, quoits, squint. | |
-5 letters: intis, quins, quint, quits, quoin, quoit, snout, suint, tonus, units. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-i-n-o-q-s-t-u-u" | |
+2 letters: iniquitously. | |
+4 letters: iniquitousness. | |
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