The word
"unequal" means not being the same or fair. It describes a situation or condition where things or people are different, often indicating an imbalance or lack of equality.
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Many dogs who injure one knee end up injuring the other one as a result of
unequal distribution of weight.
I'm a bit concerned about Greece because I hear of
unequal treatment of people of color.
Frick confirms that you do not need to expressly plead s. 5 (6) of the Family Law Act — a claim for
unequal division of net familyproperty is not a separate cause of action.
(See also this previous Croakey story featuring Archie and his physician, that discussed the impact of trauma and racism on health, and the experience of Indigenous peoples in
unequal access to and treatment in the health system.)
Isaac says that, when deciding if a couple make good candidates for collaborative practice, she looks for red flags such as relationships with
unequal power dynamics, which are common in relationships that experience domestic violence.
Therefore, in appropriate cases, after due consideration of the children's needs and their parents» ability to meet those needs, Bill C - 560 allows
for unequal division of parenting time and responsibilities.
As a result the homeownership rate is at a 25 - year low, which sadly is contributing to America becoming
more unequal in wealth distribution.
The world is still an unfair place to live
with unequal distribution of wealth, causing a disproportionate poverty rate among the majority of its population.
Women who «shook their fists» at the government, or blamed discriminatory practices such as
unequal pay to women, suffered both greater depression and anxiety.
South Africa is one of the
most unequal societies in the world.
Recipients will consider such factors
as unequal treatment in hiring, promotions and other aspects of professional advancement, pay and fringe benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment; retaliatory or discriminatory behavior by an employer or labor union; and social patterns or pressures which have channeled the individual into non-professional or non-business fields.
The authors argue that Americans, who live in one of the most
unequal societies on earth, would rather destroy social bonds than present themselves as less able than others.
But because you can't make an
inherently unequal system equal without changing the core of the system, the best we were able to accomplish was to establish minimum starting salary rates for postdocs that don't depend on how postdocs are paid.
Lack of access to high quality summer learning opportunities has real consequences — more than half of the achievement gap between lower and higher - income youth can be explained
by unequal access to summer learning opportunities.
You can draw a sharp line across the history of Europe dividing it into two epochs of very
unequal length.
Dr. Stanley argues that the uncertainty of cohabitation leads to more
unequal relationships in which women are more committed than their male partners.
The idea of society providing a quality, comprehensive education for all children is inspiring and attainable, but the old model for delivering that education — a monolithic government entity led by politicians with a captive audience of students forced into grossly
unequal schools — has got to go, one of the nation's pioneers in public school reform told a Tulane audience on Thursday.
There are a few different causes for
unequal pupil size (anisocoria) in dogs including trauma, poisoning and brain and eye conditions.
«The comparisons were based
on unequal treatments, without equivalent exposures for equivalent periods of time,» says John Britton, a toxicologist at the University of Nottingham, UK.
Ratio and proportion: • Solve problems involving
unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples.
Although typically brought up in discussions about
unequal opportunities in women's athletics, the law also requires that schools have a Title IX coordinator to handle complaints and address concerns if related issues arise, and that they have policies in place to combat sexual harassment as well as discrimination against pregnant students.
If that doesn't help, my best guess would be that the vibration is
from unequal power from one or more of the...
The state clearly is maintaining two separate and
unequal systems for funding public education in Illinois: one for the City of Chicago, whose public school children are 90 percent children of color; and the other for the rest of the State, whose public school children are predominantly white.
For example, in the U.S. there is a
very unequal distribution of teachers between high - and low - income school districts.
But he added: «In England, we have one of the most
unequal education systems in the developed world.
We live in a grossly
unequal world where nearly a billion people go to bed hungry every night.
The model is the first to consider how the effects of climate change impacts — and the policies designed to address them — will produce very
unequal outcomes between the rich and poor in the same country.
It would also seem that in a post-Jenner world complaints
about unequal pay for men and women in athletics are profoundly misplaced and merely part of the ongoing reactionary attempt to protect the imperialist structures embedded in these hatesports.
Cuomo again slammed the city's 10 - year timeline for shutting down the troubled jail complex at Rikers, calling it either «gross incompetence» or «a statement that you just don't care» - as well as
unequal funding distribution for schools.
Some analysts had suggested that the highly
unequal impact of Georgia's impressive growth record was generating significant social discontent, undermining the ruling party's position.
New York has become the single most
unequal state in the country.
The major cause of the unemployment in the society is the improper management of the resources and giving
unequal status to the people of society.
In employment cases, courts often find
unequal bargaining power between an employer and employee and construe non-compete clauses more strictly against an employer.
There is, for example, a tradition of libertarian thought which argues that people (can) establish moral rights to
highly unequal amounts of private property and income in a state of nature.
So even though the playing field is slightly different, she adds, «it's not a completely
unequal playing field the way that it's being portrayed by some in the veterinary community.»
In existing relationships with
unequal amounts of power - how responsibly is that power used?
An infograph explains Lehigh University Professor Kelly Austin's recent research on
unequal exchange in coffee cultivation.
It will be incredibly difficult, mostly because we begin from
such unequal places.
and More on Conscience - Shocking and the Rule on
Unequal Splits of NFP — There is No Rule
Take obesity as an example: our research shows obesity rates are higher in more
unequal countries, and also that poor people are more likely to be obese.
The new ESEA, or No Child Left Behind law, exposed
grossly unequal educational outcomes and motivated a range of efforts across the country to address the low performance of low - income children and children of color.
Each conversation added a layer of complexity to the issues educators face as they try to raise students to universal standards using vastly
unequal resources.
But when compounds contain
unequal numbers of negatively and positively charged ions, repulsion between atoms with the same charge may drive the structure to become unstable under pressure.
In a justice system that increasingly has self - represented parties as well as
unequal representation, fairness and efficiency require that adjudicators take a more hands - on role in the hearing process.