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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INIQ'UITOUS, a. [See Iniquity.] Unjust; wicked; as an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding. [It is applied to things rather than to persons, but may be applied to persons.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts" [syn: iniquitous, sinful, ungodly]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1726 characterized by iniquity Synonyms: see vicious • iniquitously adverb • iniquitousness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Iniquitous In*iq"ui*tous, a. [From Iniquity.] Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding. Demagogues . . . bribed to this iniquitous service. --Burke. Syn: Wicked; wrong; unjust; unrighteous; nefarious; criminal. Usage: Iniquitous, Wicked, Nefarious. Wicked is the generic term. Iniquitous is stronger, denoting a violation of the rights of others, usually by fraud or circumvention. Nefarious is still stronger, implying a breach of the most sacred obligations, and points more directly to the intrinsic badness of the deed.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe something as iniquitous, you mean that it is very unfair or morally bad. (FORMAL) ...an iniquitous fine. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Unjust, unrighteous, unfair, inequitable, wrong, wicked, sinful, nefarious, heinous, flagitious.

Moby Thesaurus

abominable, arrant, atrocious, bad, baleful, base, bitchy, black, blamable, blameworthy, criminal, cussed, damnable, dark, disgraceful, evil, evildoing, execrable, felonious, flagitious, flagrant, foul, harmful, hateful, heinous, illegal, immoral, improper, inequitable, infamous, invidious, knavish, low, malefactory, malefic, maleficent, malfeasant, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, monstrous, nasty, naughty, nefarious, noxious, ornery, peccant, rank, reprehensible, reprobate, scandalous, shameful, sinful, unbalanced, undeserved, undue, unequal, unequitable, uneven, unforgivable, unjust, unlawful, unmeet, unmerited, unpardonable, unrightful, unspeakable, unworthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong, wrongdoing, wrongful