Inequality
WordNet
noun
(1) Lack of equality
"The growing inequality between rich and poor"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
from inégalité, from inæqualitas, from inæqualis, "unequal," from in- "not" & æqualis "equal"
Noun
- An unfair, not equal, state.
- The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have nots rebelled.
- A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or ≤ or > or ≥, as appropriate.
- The inequality x is less than y, together with that y
- The inequality x is less than y, together with that y