disparity

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As with the national numbers, the disparity has been attributed largely to better reporting methods.

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  1. noun The condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree; difference: "narrow the economic disparities among regions and industries” (Courtenay Slater).
  2. noun Unlikeness; incongruity.

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  • The occasion of this disparity was a season of cold, rainy weather, towards the close of April, by which the later cocoons were injured and rendered almost useless. —  Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe
  • If media disparity is all that is necessary for the conservative base to be scattered and dispersed, it is guaranteed that nobody on the right will ever move into the limelight without receiving this inevitable scrutiny. —  Capitol Hill Coffee House
  • The reason for the disparity is easily explained as not everyone that stops receiving a paycheck is also eligible for unemployment benefits. —  Conceptual Guerilla - Central Command in the War of Ideas
  • The most common theory for the cause of the disparity is the difference in the role liberals and conservatives believe government should play in society, with liberals believing government should provide funding for activities that conservatives think are more rightly served by privately-funded non-profits - and matching their giving to their ideology.
  • Thus, conclusions determining the reason for the disparity are premature and based on something other than facts. —  FREEDOM EDEN
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French disparité, from Old French desparite, from Late Latin disparitās : Latin dis-, dis- + Late Latin paritās, equality; see parity1.

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  1. from French disparité = Spanish disparidad = Portuguese disparidade = Italian Disparitá, from Middle Latin disparita (t-)s, inequality, from Latin dispar, unequal, from dis- privative + par, equal. Cf. parity.
 

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