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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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The disparity between God and his intelligent
creatures. --I. Taylor.
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The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause
any uneasiness. --Macaulay.
Syn: Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion;
difference.
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