INEQUALITY

noun Etymology: Middle English inequalite, from Latin inaequalitat-, inaequalitas, from inaequalis unequal, from in- + aequalis equal Date: 15th century the quality of being unequal or uneven: as, lack of evenness, social disparity, disparity of distribution or opportunity, the condition of being variable ; changeableness, an instance of being unequal, a formal statement of ~ between two quantities usually separated by a sign of ~ (as , or ≠ signifying respectively is less than, is greater than, or is not equal to )