inequality

Roget-categorie 28

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.3. Quantity
›› 1.3.2. Comparative quantity

#28. [Difference of quantity or degree.] Inequality

zelfstandig naamwoord

inequality — disparity, imparity — odds — difference etc. 15 — unevenness — inclination of the balance, partiality, bias, weight — shortcoming — casting weight, make-weight — superiority etc. 33 — inferiority etc. 34 — inequation^†.

werkwoord

be unequal etc. adj. — countervail — have the advantage, give the advantage — turn the scale — kick the beam — topple, topple over — overmatch etc. 33 — not come up to etc. 34.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

unequal, uneven, disparate, partial — unbalanced, overbalanced — top-heavy, lopsided, biased, skewed — disquiparant^†.

bijwoord

haud passibus aequis [Lat.] [Vergil].

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