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disparities

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for disparities.

Editorial note

It was buggy for sure, especially when you added in disparities in lag (which was very common back then).

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of disparities gathered in one view.

noun

(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.

noun

(countable) Incongruity.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for disparities.

noun

(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.

noun

(countable) Incongruity.

Example sentences

1

It was buggy for sure, especially when you added in disparities in lag (which was very common back then).

2

Academic sciences also have large gender disparities; physics has very few women, while biology has lots.

3

The dogma is that statistical disparities demonstrate some form of discrimination, this assumes that there is an equality of performance which is virtually impossible to find in the real world.

4

There are big disparities in the gender balance, specifity, longevity, and personal nature of the attacks.

5

The only problem is when technology widens wealth disparities, which is what taxation is there fore in the first place.

6

Explaining how salary disparities might have happened is very different from saying she's making it up or calling them a rabble-rouser.

7

If you're not, then you need an explanation for the observable interest/career disparities.

8

It's an interesting question, what (if anything) should be done to correct this, if this indeed makes up for the majority of gender wage disparities.

9

Everyone should be able to pursue any career they want to, but there should be no surprise when you see gender disparities across different occupations.

10

Either you're using competence to explain the disparities, or you're not.

11

> Academic sciences also have large gender disparities; physics has very few women, while biology has lots.

12

I think the outcome is probably optimized if these quantities are the same at all times but in the real world there may large disparities in the values which can fluctuate over time.

Quote examples

1

There are genetically different subpopulations (e.g., Asian Americans, African Americans) which have large disparities in "power" [1].

2

"No question, there are all kinds of racial disparities across our criminal justice system," he said.

3

> yet fields with no power difference have disparities which directly mirror the disparities you claim are driven by "power", that suggests there is an underlying theory that doesn't use power at all and which predicts more things.

4

If you claim that "power" drives everything, yet fields with no power difference have disparities which directly mirror the disparities you claim are driven by "power", that suggests there is an underlying theory that doesn't use power at all and which predicts more things.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use disparities in a sentence?

It was buggy for sure, especially when you added in disparities in lag (which was very common back then).

What does disparities mean?

(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.

What part of speech is disparities?

disparities is commonly used as noun.