gender-balanced

adjective

Having an equal or nearly equal number of males and females.

“a gender-balanced school”

Meanings

adjectivegender-balanced (comparative more gender-balanced, superlative most gender-balanced)

comparative more gender-balanced · superlative most gender-balanced

  1. Having an equal or nearly equal number of males and females.

    a gender-balanced school

    1 more example

    Pre-COVID, it wasn't a gender-balanced station, it was very white male-orientated. But now we boast a fairly even split of male and female workforce, and we have multiple different backgrounds.

    2023 January 25, Cem Davis tells Nick Brodrick, “A warm 'Waterloo family' welcome”, in RAIL, number 975, page 41
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gender-balanced,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender-balanced.

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