"deepen inequality" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to make a situation or condition of inequality even more severe or extreme. Example: The government's policies have only served to deepen inequality in our society, with the wealthy getting richer and the poor falling further behind.
Otherwise, this toll will deepen inequality and increase poverty.
But you argue that there's another possibility — that it will only deepen inequality.
WASHINGTON — President Obama opened a full-frontal assault on Tuesday on the federal budget adopted by House Republicans, condemning it as a "Trojan horse" that would greatly deepen inequality in the United States, and painting it as the manifesto of a party that has swung radically to the right.
Robots' march into vehicles, factories, stores, and offices could also profoundly deepen inequality.
The messages we heard were similar: the FTA will only serve to deepen inequality in Colombia and further impoverish marginalized sectors of society, pushing more people into illicit coca cultivation or the ranks of the illegally armed groups.
Meanwhile, "diaspora communities" in the west - a polite euphemism for black and ethnic minority groups - will be particularly vulnerable to becoming "reservoirs for resentment" as capitalist globalisation continues to deepen inequalities between "winners" and "losers", and thus to operating as fifth column "proxies" for foreign interests.
In the current Argentinean context, none of the arguments for universal and mandatory preschool make sense: low-quality settings targeted to the neediest children neglect children's right to a happy childhood in a stimulating and responsive environment; rather than bolstering child-development and promoting social-justice, they deepen inequalities and socioeconomic segregation.
Power and institutions can be used oppressively, corruptly and to deepen inequalities.
The result is deepening inequality of wealth distribution alongside greater income inequality.
Nick Dearden, director of the advocacy group Global Justice Now, said the report shows deepening inequality across the continent.
But America is also a country of deepening inequality and growing political corruption.
