unequal distribution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunequalanddistribution
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unequal
adjective
uk/ʌnˈiː.kwəl/us/ʌnˈiː.kwəl/
formal
different in size, level, ...
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distribution
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/us/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
the process of giving things out to several people, or spreading or ...
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Anunequaldistributionof capabilities is left intact, once the distorting effects of past social practices and treatable disease and disability are addressed.
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Only a few (4.3%) stated that they believe that theunequaldistributionwas more 'equal' than the equal one.
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We consider this unsuccessful development of reconstituted eggs to be due mainly to abnormal spindle formation and/orunequaldistributionof chromatids, as described above.
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Thus, one significant outcome of professionalisation is anunequaldistributionof opportunities and rewards in favour of members of the most successful occupational group.
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Anunequaldistributionof capabilities is left intact, once the distorting effects of past social practices and treatable disease and impairment are addressed.
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Theunequaldistributionof people of different religions in regions caused this relation.
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The power preponderance hypothesis predicts that anunequaldistributionof power prevents war, because the weaker power is deterred from attacking.
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Within the literature it is widely assumed that theunequaldistributionof burdens and benefits translates into different stances of public support.
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My results strongly emphasize theunequaldistributionof some species between strata.
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Given the dichotomous nature of the outcome variable and itsunequaldistribution, this was the preferred statistical procedure.
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There is, however, an increasinglyunequaldistributionof membership, and by extension, of political participation.
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In both societies,unequaldistributionof assets was sometimes mentioned based on family welfare.
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This implies that countries with moreunequaldistributionof earnings tend to have more progressive pension formulae and vice versa.
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Indeed, urban growth and theunequaldistributionof wealth and resources that accompanied it resulted in population growth and environmental contamination.
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Theunequaldistributionof water generates a higher marginal return to water in the downstream nation than upstream.
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The provincial government perceived that the lack of uniform legislation resulted in itsunequaldistribution.
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Therefore, we can speak of specific preconstructed sociocultural models that tend to produce and reproduce thisunequaldistributionof roles as a "natural" fact.
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But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various andunequaldistributionof property.
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This study identified a lack of investment in health technologies and theunequaldistributionand utilization of those health technologies that were available.
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For instance, economies that start out poorer exhibit slower growth and a moreunequaldistributionof wealth over time.
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