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inequality

Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/

The English word “inequality” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A condition or state (of social, cultural, or legal matters) that is not equal; especially, such a condition that is thereby also unfair.
  2. A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or ≤ or > or ≥ or ne , as appropriate.
  3. Unevenness, irregularity.

Etymology

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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