Disparity Definition

dĭ-spărĭ-tē
disparities
noun
Inequality or difference, as in rank, amount, quality, etc.
Webster's New World
Unlikeness; incongruity.
Webster's New World

(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.

Wiktionary

Incongruity.

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Other Word Forms of Disparity

Noun

Singular:
disparity
Plural:
disparities

Origin of Disparity

  • French disparité from Old French desparite from Late Latin disparitās Latin dis- dis- Late Latin paritās equality parity1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French disparité.

    From Wiktionary

Disparity Sentence Examples

  • Their life seems an immense disparity between effort and opportunity.

  • The disparity of force was not so great as to make resistance altogether hopeless.

  • In some other respects also a certain disparity is apparent between a minister and his elders.

  • The disparity disturbed him.

  • Denisov had two hundred, and Dolokhov might have as many more, but the disparity of numbers did not deter Denisov.

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