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Definitions for disparity
dɪˈspær ɪ tidis·par·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. disparitynoun

    inequality or difference in some respect

Wiktionary

  1. disparitynoun

    the state of being unequal; difference

  2. disparitynoun

    incongruity

  3. Etymology: From disparité.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Disparitynoun

    Etymology: from dispar, Latin.

    Between Elihu and the rest of Job’s familiars, the greatest disparity was but in years. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 47.

    Among unequals, what society
    Can sort, what harmony or true delight?
    Which must be mutual, in proportion due,
    Giv’n and receiv’d; but in disparity,
    The one intense, the other still remiss,
    Cannot well suit with either, but soon prove
    Tedious alike. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii. l. 386.

    There was as great a disparity between the practical dictates of the understanding then and now, as there is between empire and advice, counsel and command. Robert South, Sermons.

    Men ought not to associate and join themselves together in the same office, under a disparity of condition or profession. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

    Some members must preside and direct, and others serve and obey; and a disparity between these, in the outward condition, is necessary to keep several orders in mutual dependance on each other. John Rogers, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. disparity

    Disparity refers to a significant difference or inequality between two or more things, conditions, situations or individuals, often observed in contexts like wealth, health, social status, or opportunities. It highlights the lack of fairness or the existence of a gap in quality or quantity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Disparitynoun

    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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Disparity

    dis-par′i-ti, n. inequality: unlikeness so great as to render comparison difficult and union unsuitable.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of disparity in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of disparity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of disparity in a Sentence

  1. Nancy Pelosi:

    There is a disparity in access to capital in our country. We do not want this tragedy of a coronavirus to exacerbate that disparity or to ossify it, to solidify it.

  2. Jamie Zeitzer:

    It's interesting, and it would definitely take some follow-up to see what that means. Is that depression? Is that anxiety? Are there specific psychological phenomena that are more or less related to chronotype, especially the disparity between your chronotype preferred timing and the actual timing of sleep?

  3. David Schultz:

    He has to come out of this addressing not only the disparity but now addressing the destruction.

  4. Miriam Carey:

    To see the disparity in the treatment of individuals... who have no respect for our nation's Capitol, vandalizing and actually committing assaults and they get to walk away unharmed and not even arrested, it's hurtful.

  5. Commissioner Bill Bratton:

    You need to understand this isn't just about policing, this is about the continuing poverty rates, the continuing growing disparity between the wealthy and the poor. It's still about unemployment issues.

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