Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-E-QUAL'I-TY, n. [L. inæqualitas; in and æqualis, equal; Fr. inegalité.]

1. Difference or want of equality in degree, quantity, length, or quality of any kind; the state of not having equal measure, degree, dimensions or amount; as, an inequality in size or stature; an inequality of numbers or of power; inequality of distances or of motions.
2. Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab.
3. Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; incompetency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul.
4. Diversity; want of uniformity in different times or places; as, the inequality of air or temperature.
5. Difference of rank, station or condition; as, the inequalities of men in society; inequalities of rank or property.