unequal status

collocation in English

meaningsofunequalandstatus

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unequal
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈiː.kwəl/
us
/ʌnˈiː.kwəl/
formal
different in size, level, ...
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status
noun
uk
/ˈsteɪ.təs/
us
/ˈsteɪ.t̬əs/
an accepted or official position, especially in a ...
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(Definition ofunequalandstatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunequal status

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Thisunequalstatushence blocks the way to civil litigation.
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In addition, it ruled that civil unions were not a viable remedy given their impliedunequalstatusto heterosexuals.
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We also have one example of her being subversive and setting up an opposingunequalstatusrelationship (the girl has higher status than the boy).
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In most, but not all, instances involving an animal ritual, persons ofunequalstatusare making the agreement, and only the inferior party takes upon himself the acted-out self-curse.
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Teachers need to help students understand this dynamic and provide strategies that are helpful to negotiate meaning, in spite of theunequalstatusof the interlocutors.
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In boy- girl interaction, the boy uses you know to label the girl as deviant and thus set up anunequalstatusrelationship between the two speakers.
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Theunequalstatusof women in our society is a social evil of great antiquity.
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It sought to eradicate generations, even centuries, of discrimination andunequalstatussuffered by women.
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Thatunequalstatustouched almost every aspect of our society and was probably at its heaviest and worst in employment and economic activity.
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One of the reasons for women’sunequalstatusin the workplace is that employers are wary of conflicts of interest between work and family responsibilities.
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In the context of thisunequalstatus, plebeians would take action to secure concessions for themselves using the threat of secession.
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