enormous disparity

collocation in English

meaningsofenormousanddisparity

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enormous
adjective
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/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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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 ofenormousanddisparityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is anenormousdisparity, and it cannot be corrected by the use of local authority building blocks.
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So there is thisenormousdisparitybetween the money which is allowed for teaching in the two sides.
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At the moment, there is anenormousdisparityin the range of money that prisoners receive to help with education.
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We all know that there is anenormousdisparitybetween areas.
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There is also theenormousdisparityin fighting power.
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They see anenormousdisparitybetween the two sets of earnings, which they believe to be inequitable and unfair.
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They felt that it was not sensible to have a single currency to unite two groups which had suchenormousdisparityof economic performance.
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That would remove theenormousdisparityin costs that exists between one local authority and another.
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Nevertheless, there is still anenormousdisparity; we must be aware of it and ensure that we compare like with like.
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Clearly, some explanation is needed why thisenormousdisparityexists between the 500,000 and the 5,600.
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There is anenormousdisparityin prices, but what struck me most was that the figures of 1928 do not show the same disparity.
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There is anenormousdisparityin the transfer of resources to new members.
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However, there is anenormousdisparitybetween those authorities and the poorer rural districts.
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It shows what anenormousdisparitythere is in many of these cases.
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He felt that theenormousdisparityin those tables was inaccurate, and not nearly as great as shown.
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It was theenormousdisparitybetween income and expenditure that attracted our attention.
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Indeed, there isenormousdisparitybetween those who are very wealthy and those who are very poor.
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It was not a large disparity, but it has increased year after year and has now risen to theenormousdisparityof thirty to one.
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Both those features and other factors contributed to theenormousdisparitybetween the original estimate and the final cost.
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There is anenormousdisparityin the size of the wards.
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