unequal opportunity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunequalandopportunity
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unequal
adjective
uk/ʌnˈiː.kwəl/us/ʌnˈiː.kwəl/
formal
different in size, level, ...
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opportunity
noun
uk/ˌɒp.əˈtʃuː.nə.ti/us/ˌɑː.pɚˈtuː.nə.t̬i/
an occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of ...
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(Definition ofunequalandopportunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The implications of the principle thus depend on what the non-responsible causes ofunequalopportunityare taken to be.
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Consequently, the economy transits to theunequalopportunitycase at some point.
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Discrimination andunequalopportunityon the basis of race or colour are morally unacceptable; they are also socially divisive.
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The third cause of wastage of talent is theunequalopportunitythat we give in terms of training as between boys and girls.
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The poor face the same hardships across the world:unequalopportunity; homelessness; lack of income, assets and skills.
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Government are addressing the sources ofunequalopportunitythrough their strategy on access.
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In the past there has been too much permissive legislation, which has resulted inunequalopportunity.
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Because of the frustration felt by poorer students, the topic of unequal opportunities in learning has become a problem issue in university departmental meetings.
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He then reformulates fair equality of opportunity once more, this time to allow unequal opportunities "in the light of the difference principle" (1971: 302; cf. 1999a: 265).
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Age discrimination can be seen in areas such as employment practices, unequal treatment by public agencies, and unequal opportunities in organisations.
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Although female workers represented the majority of the workforce in the fish-canning industry in the period 1936-1960, they received unequal pay and had unequal opportunities for promotion.
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That conference will be an empty gesture unless it contains some positive proposals for dealing with unequal opportunities.
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There are unequal opportunities for that age group compared with some who may go on to higher education.
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What this means in terms of unequal opportunities—in education, in employment and in other directions—should not need to be stressed.
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Those attitudes are the main underlying reason why people from visible ethnic minorities are treated unfairly and have unequal opportunities.
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There were unequal opportunities to conduct election campaigns and unequal access to resources and to the media, and there were reports of manipulation in connection with the elections.
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The tellers and bookkeepers were protesting unequal pay and unequal opportunities for advancement.
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They have had the curse of low expectations and unequal opportunities.
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