inequality, n. 1. disparity, imparity, imbalance, unevenness, incongruity, disproportion; discrepancy, inconsistency, inconformity, nonconformity; difference, dissimilarity, unlikeness, dissimilitude, contrast, confliction.
2. injustice, unfairness; partiality, bias, prejudice.
3. unevenness, roughness, irregularity,
inequitable, adj. unjust, unfair, partial, not equitable; biased, prejudiced, closed-minded, narrow-minded, intolerant, bigoted, one-sided, partisan; wrongful, wrong, bad, iniquitous; unlawful, illegitimate, illegal; unjustifiable, indefensible, unwarrantable, unreasonable.
inequity, n. 1. unfairness, unfair or unjust treatment, injustice; mistreatment, maltreatment, abuse, injury, hurt; grievance, imposition, infringement or encroachment on one's rights; wrongdoing, foul play, dirty trick, villainy, Law. tort.
2. discrimination, partiality, favoritism, one-sidedness, bias, prejudice, bigotry,
inert, adj. 1. inactive, lifeless, inanimate; immovable, immobile, motionless; stationary, unmoving, fixed, rooted, riveted; still, stock-still, Chiefly Literary. stilly, quiet, quiescent.
2. comatose, unconscious; knocked out, out cold, Inf. out like a light, passed out, dead to the world.
3. dull, sluggish, passive, sedentary, lethargic, phlegmatic, stagnant; sleepy, somnolent, slumberous, torpid, torpescent; indolent, idle, slothful, lazy, supine, otiose; listless, languid, lackadaisical.
inertia, n. 1. inactivity, inaction, inactiveness, idleness, unemployment; stagnation, inertness, stasis, motionlessness, immobility.
2. sluggishness, dullness, heaviness, langor, lethargy, lassitude, listlessness, torpor, passivity; sloth, laziness, indolence, inexertion, do-nothingness, faindance.
inescapable, adj. unavoidable, ineluctable, inelud-ible, inevasible; inexorable, unpreventable, unyielding, unalterable, uncontrollable; fated, destined, predestined; certain, sure, Inf. for sure, sure as death, sure as death and taxes, not to be avoided,
inestimable, adj. 1. incalculable, incomputable, uncountable, not to be reckoned; innumerable, countless, untold, endless, infinite; immeasurable, measureless, unmeasured, fathomless, unfathomable; multitudinous, manifold, voluminous, very great; prodigious, unlimited, boundless, vast, immense.
2. priceless, precious, invaluable, costly, worth its weight in gold, worth a king's ransom; rare, peerless, matchless, unparalleled, inimitable; superlative, superfine, excellent, Archaic, eximious; prime, tiptop, Inf. crack.
inevitable, adj. inescapable, inexorable, irrevocable, unchangeable; automatic, mechanical, involuntary; destined, Inf. in the cards, bound to happen, Inf. in the bag, out of one's hands; authoritative, ordained, unequivocal, absolute, conclusive, infallible, undisputed; unquestionable, indisputable, undeniable, indubitable, incontestable, apodictic, irrefutable, incontro vertible. See - inescapable, inexact, adj. inaccurate, incorrect, faulty, false, wrong, erroneous, fallacious, in error; off, off-base, not right, wide of the mark; imprecise, indistinct, indefinite; loose, fuzzy, muddled, Inf. muzzy, Inf. out of line.
inexcusable, adj. unjustifiable, indefensible, unwarrantable, unexcusable; unpardonable, irremissible, unforgivable, unexpiable, unatonable; blameworthy, reprehensible, censurable, reproachable, reprovable, condemnable; blameful, discreditable, disreputable, ignoble, shameful, immoral, wrongful; wicked, nefarious, iniquitous, flagitious,
inexhaustible, adj. 1. unlimited, limitless, illimit-