Definitions for disparitydɪˈspær ɪ ti

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

dis•par•i•tydɪˈspær ɪ ti(n.)(pl.)-ties.

  1. lack of similarity or equality; difference.

Origin of disparity:

1545–55; < MF desparite < LL disparitās

Princeton's WordNet

  1. disparity(noun)

    inequality or difference in some respect

Wiktionary

  1. disparity(Noun)

    the state of being unequal; difference

  2. disparity(Noun)

    incongruity

  3. Origin: From disparité.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Disparity(noun)

    inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color


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