Im-pār'i-ty, n.
n. [Prefix im, not, and parity, q. v.; Fr. imparité, It. imparità, Sp. imparidad.]
- Inequality; want of proportion or correspondence; disproportion. Bacon.
- Difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, and the like.
In this region of merely intellectual effort, we are at once encountered by the imparity of the object and the faculty employed upon it. I. Taylor.
Sense 3. Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness.