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inequality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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[ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ɾi] (US)
/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/ (US)
ĭn-ĭʹkwŏ-lĭ-tē (US)
ĭnĭkwŏl'ĭtē (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English inequalite, from Old French inequalité, from Medieval Latin inaequālitās, from Latin inaequālis (“unequal”), from in- (“not”) + aequālis (“equal”). Morphologically inequal + -ity and in- + equality.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) Absence of equality. ▸ A condition or state (of social, cultural, or legal matters) that is not equal; especially, such a condition that is thereby also unfair.
- In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised. 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
- With the growing awareness of climate change, congestion, and regional inequality, rail transport has re-emerged as a solution. 2025 July 9, Oliver Wheeler, “Action stations...”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 68:
- The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have-nots rebelled.
- The traditional inequalities of marriage, such as changing her surname to his. 1976 February 14, A. Nolder Gay, “The View from the Closet”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 33, page 17:
(countable, uncountable) Absence of equality. ▸ A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or ≤ or > or ≥ or ne , as appropriate.
- I then specify a set of new tight Bell inequalities for arbitrary event spaces -- the "even/odd" inequalities -- which have a straightforward interpretation when expressed in terms of multideviations. 2015, Brandon Fogel, “Multideviations: The hidden structure of Bell's theorems”, in arXiv:
- The inequality x is less than y, together with that ylt;z, allows us to deduce the inequality xlt;z.
(countable, of surfaces or objects, uncountable) Absence of equality. ▸ Unevenness, irregularity.
- When we behold a wide, turf-covered expanse, we should remember that its smoothness, upon which so much of its beauty depends, is mainly due to all the inequalities having been levelled by worms. 1881, Charles Darwin, The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, page 313:

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Translations (124)

el ανισότητα (unfair, not equal, state) · ug تەڭسىزلىك (unfair, not equal, state) · ru нера́венство (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · cmn 不平等 (unfair, not equal, state) · ur نا مُساوات (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · hi असमानता (unfair, not equal, state) · ky барабарсыздык (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · az qeyri-bərabərlik (unfair, not equal, state) · be няро́ўнасьць (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · uz tengsizlik (unfair, not equal, state) · fa-ira نامُساوی (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · is ójöfnuður (unfair, not equal, state) · ky теңсиздик (unfair, not equal, state) · de Ungleichheit (unfair, not equal, state) · uk нері́вність (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · ro inegalitate (unfair, not equal, state) · ur غَیر مُساوات (unfair, not equal, state) · ja 不等式 (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · tr eşitsizlik (unfair, not equal, state) · ja 不平等 (unfair, not equal, state) · fi eriarvoisuus (unfair, not equal, state) · yue 不等式 (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · cs nerovnost (unfair, not equal, state) · pt inequação (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · th อสมการ (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · ru нера́венство (unfair, not equal, state) · sk nerovnosť (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · ms ketaksamaan (unfair, not equal, state) · pl nierówność (unfair, not equal, state) · tt тигезсезлек (unfair, not equal, state) · fr inégalité (unfair, not equal, state) · yue 不平等 (unfair, not equal, state) · az bərabərsizlik (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · eo malegaleco (unfair, not equal, state) · vi bất bình đẳng (unfair, not equal, state) · ca desigualtat (unfair, not equal, state) · ur عَدَم مُساوات (unfair, not equal, state) · lv nevienlīdzība (unfair, not equal, state) · cy anghydraddoldeb (unfair, not equal, state) · lt nelygybė (unfair, not equal, state) · et ebavõrdsus (unfair, not equal, state) · tk deňsizlik (unfair, not equal, state) · cmn 不等式 (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · sh неједна́ко̄ст (unfair, not equal, state) · az bərabərsizlik (unfair, not equal, state) · ms ketidaksamaan (unfair, not equal, state) · ka არათანასწორობა (unfair, not equal, state) · ko 부등식 (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · ka უთანაბრობა (unfair, not equal, state) · pt desigualdade (unfair, not equal, state) · ar مُتَبَايِنَة (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · ur نابَرابَری (unfair, not equal, state) · es inecuación (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · ast desigualdá (unfair, not equal, state) · ka უტოლობა (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · ps نابرابري (unfair, not equal, state) · bg нера́венство (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · id pertidaksamaan (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · sl neenačba (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · ms ketaksamaan (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · kk теңсіздік (unfair, not equal, state) · es desigualdad (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · hu egyenlőtlenség (unfair, not equal, state) · tg нобаробарӣ (unfair, not equal, state) · pl nierówność (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · ro inecuație (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · it disequazione f disuguaglianza (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · vi bất đẳng thức (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · uk нері́вність (unfair, not equal, state) · mk неравенство (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · sh nejednákōst (unfair, not equal, state) · kmr neyeksanî (unfair, not equal, state) · bg нера́венство (unfair, not equal, state) · de Ungleichung (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · mt inugwaljanza (unfair, not equal, state) · grc ἀνισότης (unfair, not equal, state) · mn тэгш бус байдал (unfair, not equal, state) · sk nerovnosť (unfair, not equal, state) · be няро́ўнасць (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · is ójafna (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · kk теңсіздік (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · sv ojämlikhet (unfair, not equal, state) · oc inegalitat (unfair, not equal, state) · th ความเหลื่อมล้ำ (unfair, not equal, state) · mt inugwalità (unfair, not equal, state) · pt desigualdade (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · nl ongelijkheid (unfair, not equal, state) · gl desigualdade (unfair, not equal, state) · ko 불평등 (unfair, not equal, state) · ka უთანასწორობა (unfair, not equal, state) · he אי־שוויון (unfair, not equal, state) · fa-ira نابَرابَری (unfair, not equal, state) · nb ulikhet (unfair, not equal, state) · el ανισότητα (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · la inīquitās (unfair, not equal, state) · km វិសមភាព (unfair, not equal, state) · be няро́ўнасць (unfair, not equal, state) · sq pabarazi (unfair, not equal, state) · be няро́ўнасьць (unfair, not equal, state) · sv olikhet (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · sl neenakost (unfair, not equal, state) · lo ອະສົມຜົນ (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · lo ຄວາມເຫຼື່ອມລໍ້າ (unfair, not equal, state) · ar عَدَم مُسَاوَاة (unfair, not equal, state) · fr inéquation (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · id ketimpangan (unfair, not equal, state) · ga neamhionannas (unfair, not equal, state) · da ulighed (unfair, not equal, state) · ca desigualtat (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · he אִי־שִׁוְיוֹן (unfair, not equal, state) · da ulighed (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · vi không bình đẳng (unfair, not equal, state) · hy անհավասարություն (unfair, not equal, state) · my မညီမျှမှု (unfair, not equal, state) · mk нееднаквост (unfair, not equal, state) · es desigualdad (unfair, not equal, state) · fi epätasa-arvo (unfair, not equal, state) · hi असमिका (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · it disuguaglianza (unfair, not equal, state) · kmr newekhevî (unfair, not equal, state) · fi epäyhtälö (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · nl ongelijkheid (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another) · bn অসমতা (unfair, not equal, state) · cs nerovnice (statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another)

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