inequality
/ˌɪnɪˈkwɑləti/
noun
- An unfair situation in which some people have more rights, money, or opportunities than others.
- She wrote a book about gender inequality in the workplace.
- Racial inequality in education remains a serious problem in many countries.
- The government passed new laws to reduce economic inequality between rich and poor.
- A mathematical statement that two quantities are not equal, often using symbols like <, >, ≤, or ≥.
- An inequality can show that one number is less than or greater than another.
- In algebra class, we learned how to solve an inequality like 2x + 3 > 7.
- The teacher asked the students to graph the inequality y ≤ x + 1.