noun
disparity
dihs-PA-rih-tee
noun
1
A noticeable difference or imbalance between two things, especially one that seems unfair.
"There is a huge disparity in pay between the two roles."
"The report highlighted the disparity in healthcare access between rural and urban areas."
How to Use Disparity
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA gap or mismatch between things that you'd expect to be more similar.
Common pairings
income disparity
wide disparity
disparity between
Word Forms
disparities plural
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Etymology
From Middle French disparité, from Latin dispar, "unequal" — from dis- ("not") + par ("equal"), the same root found in "parity" and "par".