inequality.
Absence of equality.
Meaning & usage
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.
The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have-nots rebelled.
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.
The inequality x is less than y, together with that ylt;z, allows us to deduce the inequality xlt;z.
Absence of equality. Unevenness, irregularity.
Where this word comes from
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.
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