Sentence examples for unequal footing from inspiring English sources
The phrase "unequal footing" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to describe a situation where two or more parties are not on the same level or do not have the same advantages. Example: "In negotiations, one party may find themselves on unequal footing if they lack the necessary information."
Not all drug-taking scenes are unequal.
Straight away this puts working-class candidates, of whatever race, on an unequal footing.
You were on totally unequal footing, and I don't think I'd have wanted to frustrate myself to that extent.
As long as that policy is in place, Mr. Thayer said, relations will remain on an unequal footing that is directly related to the war, no matter how much Mr. Clinton asserts that he is closing the door on the past.
Women enter this recession on an unequal footing which makes them more economically vulnerable – they are more likely to work flexibly, be in part-time work, on temporary contracts and in low paid work, and as a result they have fewer resources to cushion the impact of downturn.
"These rules are not only irrational in today's media environment, but they have also weakened the newspaper industry, cost journalism jobs and forced local broadcast stations onto unequal footing with our national pay-TV and radio competitors," the trade group said in a statement.
Pakistan and Vietnam used to be on an equal economic footing, but unequal education has meant that Vietnam's wealth has fast overtaken our own.
Spartan society maintained a permanent war footing to preserve its notoriously unequal structure, which was based on the exploitation of a large class of helots, or slaves.
Thus Djoser's original mastaba became a terraced structure rising in six unequal stages to a height of 60 metres (197 feet), its base measuring 120 metres (394 feet) by 108 metres (354 feet).
And it is fair to assume that hundreds of al-Qaeda's foot-soldiers have been killed during the unequal combat of recent days.
Its two unequal towers, surmounted by stone spires (the higher is more than 230 feet [70 metres]), can be seen from afar, dominating the city.
