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Plural of disparity

regular plural

The plural of disparity is disparities.

Forms of disparity

Singulardisparity /dɪˈspæɹɪti/
Pluraldisparities
Countablecountable and uncountable

Disparities in a sentence

  • The neoliberal, privatizing version of health in which everyone is responsible for themselves, despite disparities in resources.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 129. From the entry privatize
  • A day earlier, he had said wage disparities between genders made his "blood boil".2008 Aug. 21, Joe Klein, "Where's Obama's Passion?, Time. From the entry make someone's blood boil
  • The disparities are even greater for women of color.1997, Deborah L. Rhode, “Women’s Work”, in Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Equality, Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University…. From the entry pay gap
  • This displays raw control characters, but any disparities that may be caused by the control characters on the screen are controlled, whenever possible.2004, Michael Stutz, The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use, 2nd edition, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 215. From the entry control character
  • When non-black participants join black people in die-ins, they affirm the need for institutional change – but they also visibly highlight the remaining disparities facing black and brown people.2014 December 19, Paul M Farber, “Die-ins demand that we bear witness to black people's fears that they'll be next”, in The Guardian. From the entry non-black

Meaning of disparity

  1. noun The state of being unequal; difference.
  2. noun Incongruity.

Full definition of disparity

Questions about the plural of disparity

What is the plural of disparity?
The plural of disparity is disparities.
Is disparity countable?
Disparity is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disparity (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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