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disparity

/dɪˈspæɹɪti/

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What does disparity mean?

noun

  1. The state of being unequal; difference.
  2. Incongruity.

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“Imprudent, if you please—but not mad. Excepting inequality of fortune, and perhaps a little disparity of age, I can see nothing unsuitable.”
Jane AustenEmmaProject Gutenberg ebook #158
I, however, did not calculate the disparity of resisting powers--my purse with FIFTY guineas, and the Faro bank with a hundred thousand.
Andrew SteinmetzThe Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)Project Gutenberg ebook #466
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‘There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose’--‘no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.’
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
There was to Rowland’s sympathetic sense a slightly pitiful disparity between the young sculptor’s delicate countenance and the shabby gentility of his costume.
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176
These contrary effects are not necessarily due primarily to disparity in the amount of energy spent or to unequal stores of energy available.
Walter Dill ScottIncreasing Human Efficiency in Business A Contribution to the Psychology of BusinessProject Gutenberg ebook #1319