"disparity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪsˈpæɹɪti/ [UK] Audio: En-us-disparity.oga [US] Forms: disparities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French disparité. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|disparité}} Middle French disparité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} disparity (countable and uncountable, plural disparities)
  1. (uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference. Tags: uncountable Translations (the state of being unequal; difference): разлика (razlika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), неравенство (neravenstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), disparitat [feminine] (Catalan), ongelijkheid (Dutch), onevenredigheid (Dutch), eroavuus (Finnish), erilaisuus (Finnish), disparité [feminine] (French), Differenz [feminine] (German), Unterschiedlichkeit [feminine] (German), Unterschied [masculine] (German), Disparität [feminine] (German), Ungleichheit [feminine] (German), نابرابری (nâ-barâbari) (Persian), nierówność [feminine] (Polish), nierównowaga [feminine] (Polish), rozbieżność [feminine] (Polish), rozstrzał [masculine] (Polish), rozrzut [masculine] (Polish), różnica [feminine] (Polish), disparidade (Portuguese), нера́венство (nerávenstvo) [neuter] (Russian), разли́чие (razlíčije) [neuter] (Russian), disparidad (Spanish), ojämlikhet (Swedish), нері́вність (nerívnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), різни́ця (riznýcja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-disparity-en-noun-eCns28EC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'the state of being unequal; difference': 99 1
  2. (countable) Incongruity. Tags: countable Translations (incongruity): несъответствие (nesǎotvetstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), несъразмерност (nesǎrazmernost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Unvereinbarkeit [feminine] (German), Ungleichheit [feminine] (German), несоотве́тствие (nesootvétstvije) [neuter] (Russian), несоразме́рность (nesorazmérnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), розбі́жність (rozbížnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), невідпові́дність (nevidpovídnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-disparity-en-noun-sdwT4jie Disambiguation of 'incongruity': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unalikeness

Inflected forms

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "incongruity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ungleichheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesootvétstvije",
      "sense": "incongruity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "несоотве́тствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesorazmérnostʹ",
      "sense": "incongruity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "несоразме́рность"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozbížnistʹ",
      "sense": "incongruity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "розбі́жність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nevidpovídnistʹ",
      "sense": "incongruity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "невідпові́дність"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "disparity"
  ],
  "word": "disparity"
}

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