(a.) Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.
(a.) Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons.
(a.) Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times.
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Iniquitous
Definition:
(a.) Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding.
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(1) Ed Balls made similar noises in Sunday's Sun, and voiced pointed opposition in the Commons on Monday – though his focus was almost exclusively on people in work, which threatens to leave arguably the bill's most iniquitous elements outside the debate.
(2) I still believe that the diversion of ever wider tracts of arable land from feeding people to feeding livestock is iniquitous and grotesque.
(3) Abusing the desire of the Greeks, the Irish and others to be part of Europe – and their fear of being forced out of the euro – to impose iniquitous conditions on them is the very opposite of the solidarity on which the European project is meant to be based.
(4) And only 30.1% believe the coalition's proposed changes to the NHS pension scheme to be so iniquitous that they should be rejected altogether.
(5) These cosseted beneficiaries of an iniquitous order are also quick to ostracise the stray dissenter among them, as the case of Greece reveals.
(6) Bryant said: "Would it not be iniquitous if, on top of being socially engineered and sociologically cleansed out of London, the poor were also disenfranchised by your bill?
(7) In other words, the old aspirational tagline of the national lottery now applies to some of the most iniquitous aspects of the benefits system.
(8) Sunderland’s comprised two sentences from its chief executive, ending, “I do not feel the matter warrants further discussion.” It is this smug, lamentable, iniquitous English industry that has the world enthralled.
(9) Peace to the whole world, torn apart by violence linked to drug trafficking and by the iniquitous exploitation of natural resources".
(10) Modern uses of copyrighted material are more varied than we could ever legislate for, and some people are getting away with iniquitous business models while others are unfairly penalised for having great ideas that threaten established business models .
(11) Many women feel this is iniquitous, arguing that it is an abuse of power by men.
(12) The true colours of the Fifa World Cup were revealed in South Africa when the ITV summariser Robbie Earle's complimentary tickets wound up in the hands of some girls plugging a Dutch beer, and the pundit was sent home for enabling this iniquitous trespass on Budweiser's sacred turf.