inequalities

Noun

inequality (countable and uncountable, plural inequalities)

1. A condition or state (of social, cultural, or legal matters) that is not equal; especially, such a condition that is thereby also unfair.
   • The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have-nots rebelled.

   Synonyms:

   unequality, unequalness, inequalness

   Antonyms:

   equality, equalness

2. A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or ≤ or > or ≥ or ne , as appropriate.
   • The inequality x is less than y, together with that ylt;z, allows us to deduce the inequality xlt;z.

   Synonyms:

   unequality, unequalness, inequalness, inequation

   Antonyms:

   equality, equalness

3. Unevenness, irregularity.
   • When we behold a wide, turf-covered expanse, we should remember that its smoothness, upon which so much of its beauty depends, is mainly due to all the inequalities having been levelled by worms.1881, Charles Darwin, The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, page 313

   Synonyms:

   unequality, unequalness, inequalness

   Antonyms:

   equality, equalness, evenness, regularity, smoothness