Inequality
[ɪnɪ'kwɒlɪtɪ] or [,ɪnɪ'kwɑləti]
Definition
(noun.) lack of equality; 'the growing inequality between rich and poor'.
Checked by Elmer--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc.
(n.) Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul.
(n.) An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (< or >) between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1.
(n.) An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation.
Typed by Claus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Disparity, difference, diversity.[2]. Unevenness.
Typist: Stacey
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disparity, disproportion, unevenness, inadequacy, dissimilarity, imparity
ANT:Equality, parity, coextension, adequacy, similarity, level, balance, identity
Edited by Dinah
Definition
n. want of equality: difference: inadequacy: incompetency: unevenness: dissimilarity.
Editor: Wendell
Examples
- If she rose a trimmed, artificial mound, without inequality, what vantage would she offer the foot? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In a light tax, a considerable degree of inequality may be supported; in a heavy one, it is altogether intolerable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The inequality of Birth was nothing to it. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Wherever there is a great property, there is great inequality. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The inequality of the contest adds greatly to the humour of the scene. Plato. The Republic.
- Society cannot exist without inequality of fortunes, which cannot endure apart from religion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Excepting inequality of fortune, and perhaps a little disparity of age, I can see nothing unsuitable. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But spiritually, there is pure difference and neither equality nor inequality counts. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And if Moore _is_ a gentleman, you _can_ be only a lady; therefore---- Therefore there would be no inequality in our union. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In the observation or neglect of this maxim, consists what is called the equality or inequality of taxation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But the inequality with which it might fall upon the inhabitants of different houses, would arise, not only from this, but from another cause. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He postponed looking at Mr Blandois again until this accidental inequality was removed by their having entered the late Mr Clennam's room. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The minute you begin to compare, one man is seen to be far better than another, all the inequality you can imagine is there by nature. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This inequality is likely to be greatest in a country of which the government is, in some respects, subordinate and dependant upon that of some other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- As to any sense of inequality, or youthfulness, or other difficulty in our way, little Em'ly and I had no such trouble, because we had no future. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The latter, in each case, has in its circuit a resistance, R, to compensate for the resistance of the main line, so that there shall be no inequalities in the circuits. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Inequalities arising from the nature of the employments themselves. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Add to this that the nomadic life prevents any great class inequalities or any extensive development of slavery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the policy of Europe, by not leaving things at perfect liberty, occasions other inequalities of much greater importance. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We watched the rapid progress of the traveller with our telescopes, until he was lost among the distant inequalities of the ice. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Whatever inequalities, therefore, there might be in the original assessment, gave little disturbance. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The government neither gains nor loses by the additional tax, which is applied altogether to remedy the inequalities arising from the old assessment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Terrence