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Unequal

Unequal Meaning & Definition
Unequal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Unequal?

[adj] poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
[adj] not equal in amount; "they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Unequal: anisometric | mismatched | nonequivalent | odds-on | unbalanced | unequalised | unequalized | uneven | unlike | unsymmetrical

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See Also | incommensurate

Unequal In Webster's Dictionary

\Un*e"qual\, a. [Cf. {Inequal}.] 1. Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank. 2. Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair. Against unequal arms to fight in pain. --Milton. Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his adversaries. --John Worthington. To punish me for what you make me do Seems much unequal. --Shak. 3. Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem. 4. Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain. 5. (Bot.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.

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