gross disparity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrossanddisparity
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gross
adjective
adverb
uk/ɡrəʊs/us/ɡroʊs/
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disparity
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈspær.ə.ti/us/dɪˈsper.ə.t̬i/
a lack of equality or similarity, especially in a way that is ...
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(Definition ofgrossanddisparityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We see agrossdisparityin age groups in the population.
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I do agree, however, that it is highly desirable to lessen thegrossdisparity, in many cases, between university and non-university student facilities.
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In all this there is agrossdisparity.
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That shows thegrossdisparitybetween the public and private pension schemes.
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Here again agrossdisparityof result ensued—which still exists; and this is something that no-one can wipe off.
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There is agrossdisparityscattered through this island.
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Thegrossdisparityin the treatment by government of tenants and owners respectively cannot be defended.
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There is at the moment agrossdisparitybetween the position of the residential voter and that of the business voter.
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That shows that thisgrossdisparityof treatment between the two sectors will not only continue but will, in fact, increase over the next three years.
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What it does is to enable the gross disparities that exist at present to be removed.
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In many quarters, it seems to me, these gross disparities are accepted with a degree of equanimity.
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The gross disparities have continued for year after year.
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Secondly, will he reduce the gross disparities in funding between areas?
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A genuine regional policy is required to remedy the gross disparities that exist between one part of the country and another.
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It would not make sense to increase provision if such gross disparities still existed.
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However, one can see with one's own eyes the gross disparities in the distribution of private wealth.
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It would be dangerous to attempt a great hop into the unknown, but it is important to take action to reduce gross disparities in the charges made by different authorities.
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