Definition of inequality

"inequality" in the noun sense

1. inequality

lack of equality

"the growing inequality between rich and poor"

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Quotations for inequality

Friendship, like love, is self-forgetful: the only inequality it knows, is one that exalts the object, and humbles self. [ H. Giles ]

Custom is the great leveller. It corrects the inequality of fortune by lessening equally the pleasures of the prince and the pains of the peasant. [ Henry Home ]

I hate a style, as I do a garden, that is wholly flat and regular, - that slides along like an eel and never rises to what one can call an inequality. [ Shenstone ]

The mind of the thinker and the student is driven to admit, though it be awe-struck by apparent injustice, that this inequality is the work of God. Make all men equal today, and God has so created them that they shall be all unequal tomorrow. [ Anthony Trollope ]

Nature eschews regular lines; she does not shape her lines by a common model. Not one of Eve's numerous progeny in all respects resembles her who first culled the flowers of Eden. To the infinite variety and picturesque inequality of nature we owe the great charm of her uncloying beauty. [ Whittier ]

Before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding; and those who are conscious of their inferiority have the modesty not to talk; when they have drunk wine, every man feels himself happy, and loses that modesty, and grows impudent and vociferous; but he is not improved; he is only not sensible of his defects. [ Johnson ]

inequality in Scrabble®

The word inequality is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 22

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters inequality:

INEQUALITY
(288)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

antique, inquiet, quality, quietly, tequila

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word inequality

INEQUALITY
(288)
INEQUALITY
(207)
INEQUALITY
(192)
INEQUALITY
(138)
INEQUALITY
(92)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In inequality

INEQUALITY
(288)
INEQUALITY
(207)
INEQUALITY
(192)
INEQUALITY
(138)
QUIETLY
(137 = 87 + 50)
QUALITY
(137 = 87 + 50)
INQUIET
(128 = 78 + 50)
TEQUILA
(128 = 78 + 50)
ANTIQUE
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QUALITY
(126 = 76 + 50)
QUIETLY
(126 = 76 + 50)
TEQUILA
(122 = 72 + 50)
ANTIQUE
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INQUIET
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QUIETLY
(119 = 69 + 50)
QUALITY
(119 = 69 + 50)
ANTIQUE
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INQUIET
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TEQUILA
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QUIETLY
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QUIETLY
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QUALITY
(110 = 60 + 50)
QUIETLY
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QUALITY
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QUIETLY
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QUALITY
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ANTIQUE
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TEQUILA
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INQUIET
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TEQUILA
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ANTIQUE
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INQUIET
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ANTIQUE
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ANTIQUE
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ANTIQUE
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TEQUILA
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TEQUILA
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TEQUILA
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INQUIET
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ANTIQUE
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TEQUILA
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INQUIET
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TEQUILA
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TEQUILA
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ANTIQUE
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TEQUILA
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QUIETLY
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INQUIET
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ANTIQUE
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QUALITY
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QUIETLY
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QUALITY
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INEQUALITY
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QUIETLY
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INEQUALITY
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QUIETLY
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QUIETLY
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QUALITY
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QUIETLY
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INEQUALITY
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TEQUILA
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INEQUALITY
(88)
INQUIET
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QUALITY
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QUALITY
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INEQUALITY
(88)
QUALITY
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QUALITY
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ANTIQUE
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QUALITY
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QUIETLY
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INEQUALITY
(88)
QUIETLY
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QUIETLY
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QUIETLY
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TEQUILA
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INQUIET
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ANTIQUE
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TEQUILA
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ANTIQUE
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ANTIQUE
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TEQUILA
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ANTIQUE
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TEQUILA
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INQUIET
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TEQUILA
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TEQUILA
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EQUITY
(84)
TEQUILA
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YANQUI
(84)
QUIETLY
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QUALITY
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ANTIQUE
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QUIETLY
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INEQUALITY
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INQUIET
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TEQUILA
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QUAY
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ANTIQUE
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INQUIET
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ANTIQUE
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INQUIET
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EQUITY
(76)
QUAINT
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QUIETLY
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QUALITY
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QUALITY
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QUIETLY
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QUIET
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QUINT
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INEQUALITY
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QUANT
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EQUAL
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QUAIL
(72)
QUILT
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QUITE
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QUALITY
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QUIETLY
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inequality in Words With Friends™

The word inequality is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 24

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters inequality:

INEQUALITY
(414)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

antique, inquiet, quality, quietly, tequila

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word inequality

INEQUALITY
(414)
INEQUALITY
(288)
INEQUALITY
(264)
INEQUALITY
(168)
INEQUALITY
(144)
INEQUALITY
(108)
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(104)
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(100)
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(84)
INEQUALITY
(68)
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(64)
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INEQUALITY
(56)
INEQUALITY
(52)
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INEQUALITY
(48)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In inequality

INEQUALITY
(414)
INEQUALITY
(288)
INEQUALITY
(264)
INEQUALITY
(168)
QUALITY
(161 = 126 + 35)
QUIETLY
(161 = 126 + 35)
INQUIET
(155 = 120 + 35)
QUIETLY
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ANTIQUE
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QUALITY
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TEQUILA
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INEQUALITY
(144)
YANQUI
(123)
QUIETLY
(119 = 84 + 35)
QUALITY
(119 = 84 + 35)
QUALITY
(119 = 84 + 35)
QUAINT
(117)
YANQUI
(117)
QUALITY
(115 = 80 + 35)
QUALITY
(115 = 80 + 35)
QUIETLY
(115 = 80 + 35)
QUIETLY
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QUALITY
(115 = 80 + 35)
QUIETLY
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QUIETLY
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QUALITY
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EQUITY
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QUIETLY
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QUIETLY
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INQUIET
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QUALITY
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TEQUILA
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QUIETLY
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QUALITY
(113 = 78 + 35)
TEQUILA
(111 = 76 + 35)
QUAINT
(111)
ANTIQUE
(111 = 76 + 35)
INQUIET
(111 = 76 + 35)
QUINT
(108)
INEQUALITY
(108)
QUILT
(108)
QUAIL
(108)
QUANT
(108)
EQUAL
(108)
QUAY
(108)
ANTIQUE
(107 = 72 + 35)
INQUIET
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TEQUILA
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ANTIQUE
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QUALITY
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TEQUILA
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ANTIQUE
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TEQUILA
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ANTIQUE
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QUALITY
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QUALITY
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ANTIQUE
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TEQUILA
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QUIETLY
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QUIETLY
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INQUIET
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QUIN
(105)
QUIET
(105)
QUITE
(105)
INEQUALITY
(104)
QUIT
(102)
ANTIQUE
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TEQUILA
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QUIETLY
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TEQUILA
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ANTIQUE
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TEQUILA
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INEQUALITY
(90)
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(90)
YANQUI
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QUIETLY
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INEQUALITY
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TEQUILA
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EQUITY
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QUIETLY
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YANQUI
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QUIETLY
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EQUITY
(76)
TEQUILA
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ANTIQUE
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QUIETLY
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TEQUILA
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QUALITY
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QUALITY
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QUAINT
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INQUIET
(73 = 38 + 35)
TEQUILA
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ANTIQUE
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ANTIQUE
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EQUITY
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QUILT
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EQUITY
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QUAIL
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EQUITY
(72)
EQUITY
(72)
QUINT
(72)
QUANT
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TEQUILA
(71 = 36 + 35)
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TEQUILA
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Words within the letters of inequality

2 letter words in inequality (15 words)

7 letter words in inequality (5 words)

8 letter words in inequality (6 words)

9 letter words in inequality (2 words)

10 letter words in inequality (1 word)

Words containing the sequence inequality

Words that start with inequality (1 word)

Words with inequality in them (1 word)

Words that end with inequality (1 word)

Word Growth involving inequality

Shorter words in inequality

qua equal equality

it lit quality equality

qua quality equality

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Longer words containing inequality

(No longer words found)