unequal treatment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunequalandtreatment
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unequal
adjective
uk/ʌnˈiː.kwəl/us/ʌnˈiː.kwəl/
formal
different in size, level, ...
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treatment
noun
uk/ˈtriːt.mənt/us/ˈtriːt.mənt/
the way you deal with or behave towards someone ...
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(Definition ofunequalandtreatmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Why is this necessarilyunequaltreatment?
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The area ofunequaltreatmentis vast.
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This wasunequaltreatmentand unfair competition.
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Thatunequaltreatmentis grossly unfair.
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Unequaltreatmentof this kind must cease.
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I am not the first to have noticed theunequaltreatmentaccorded the different parts of the monograph.
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Implementation of rationing consumer goods favored staff and reinforced workers' sense of exclusion andunequaltreatmentwithin the factory.
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This, then, is a form ofunequaltreatment.
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What is the logic of suchunequaltreatment?
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Unequaltreatmentis needed to address those inequalities.
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The temporarily unemployed are obviously receiving harsh andunequaltreatment.
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That isunequaltreatmentbetween men and women.
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Discrimination is a major manifestation ofunequaltreatment.
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Such a claim seems admittedly problematic when considering the 'famous fire cause', because it appears to be a striking example ofunequaltreatment.
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When licensing authorities do not treat all individuals equally, it would seem sensible that suchunequaltreatmentshould be consistent with the authorities' stated objectives.
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The ratio of the two - 3.0 and 4.3 - further demonstrates theunequaltreatmentof risk and uncertainty between the two earnings quintiles.
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However, some may argue this is problematic because it would result in anunequaltreatmentof co-resident and separated parents, and would introduce financial incentives for separation.
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The right to individual equality takes precedence over the broader social purpose of promoting substantive equality between groups who have been subject tounequaltreatmentin the past.
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Unequaltreatmentconstitutes unfair treatment independently of how it affects those it concerns, and independently, also, to some extent, of how it affects these people's overall opportunities.
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I do not think that suchunequaltreatmentcan be justified.
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This is a recipe for delay, bad decision-making and unfair andunequaltreatment.
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Unequaltreatmentleads to trade distortion and thus to unfair competition.
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Unequaltreatmentof workers is a great cause of that sense of injustice.
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His bile should rise when he reads of thisunequaltreatmentto certain unhappy people.
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First, such schemes imply that the minority have, and have had,unequaltreatment.
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