Meaning & use
inequality
A lack of equality, especially in status, rights, opportunities, or resources between people or groups.
See it in a sentence
The report highlighted growing income inequality between the country's richest and poorest regions.
Solve the inequality to find every value of x that makes the statement true.
A note on using this word
In mathematics, an inequality is a statement that two expressions are not equal, often using symbols like < or >.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
In mathematics, a statement that one quantity is greater than, less than, or not equal to another.
The teacher asked students to graph the solution to the inequality on a number line.
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