About The Word Unequal
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Unequal
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Unequal: 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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