Definition of Inequality

1. Noun. Lack of equality. "The growing inequality between rich and poor"

Generic synonyms: Difference
Specialized synonyms: Nonequivalence, Disparity, Unevenness
Antonyms: Equality

Definition of Inequality

1. n. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc.

Definition of Inequality

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Medical Definition of Inequality

1. Origin: L. Inaequalitas. 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc. "There is so great an inequality in the length of our legs and arms as makes it impossible for us to walk on all four." (Ray) "Notwithstanding which inequality of number, it was resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch fleet." (Ludlow) "Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great inequality of condition." (Macaulay) 2. Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc. "The country is cut into so many hills and inequalities as renders it defensible." (Addison) 3. Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc. "Inequality of air is ever an enemy to health." (Bacon) 4. Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul. 5. An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality ( An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inequality

ineluctable
ineluctably
ineludible
inembryonate
inenarrable
inept
inepter
ineptest
ineptitude
ineptitudes
ineptly
ineptness
ineptnesses
inequalities
inequality (current term)
inequality (current term)
inequation
inequilateral
inequilobate
inequitable
inequitably
inequities
inequity
inequivalve
inequivalve
inequivalved
inequivalvular
ineradicability
ineradicable
ineradicable

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