Usually means: Unequal effects on different groups.
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  1. disparate-impact: Wordnik
  2. disparate impact: Dictionary.com
  3. Disparate-impact, Disparate impact: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. disparate impact: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Disparate Impact: Legal dictionary
  5. disparate impact: Financial dictionary
  6. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Disparate impact)

noun:  Disparate impact in the law of the United States refers to practices in employment, housing, and other areas that adversely affect one group of people of a protected characteristic more than another, even though rules applied by employers or landlords are formally neutral.


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