The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disparity \Dis*par"i*ty\, n.; pl. Disparities. [LL. disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: cf. F. disparit['e]. See Par, Peer.] Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color.
The disparity between God and his intelligent
creatures.
--I. Taylor.
The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause
any uneasiness.
--Macaulay.
Syn: Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of disparity English)
Usage examples of "disparities".
The vast disparities in the world following the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War, symbolized by a computer revolution in some parts of the globe and the absence of reliable electric current in other parts, was something that I took for granted because I was constantly experiencing it.
But it was at the airport parking lot in Bangkok where I first truly encountered Southeast Asia, where I came face-to-face with the vast development disparities in a world in which economic growth, even when accelerating, is lopsided—and destabilizing.
And if that were the case, who knew how many other lists had similar disparities, how many Terreilleans who had come to Kaeleer were now unaccounted for?
After he had a little sleep, he would compose a letter to the High Lord, explaining about the disparities in the lists.
But the College Board (a non-profit organization set up to administer the SAT) insists that all questions are previewed by a representative sample of test takers, and any questions that show disparities in race are thrown out.
Mars and all forward images were obscured by the four-sun glare of the engines, but Mahnmut passed the time by checking on video of the hull, the stars astern, and by rereading parts ofÀ la recherche du temps perdu and finding connections and disparities with his beloved Shakespearean sonnets.
Those huge disparities must have potent causes that one might think would be obvious.
Such differences in food production constituted a major ultimate cause of the disparities between Eurasian and Native American societies.