Unequal
[ʌn'iːkw(ə)l] or [ʌn'ikwəl]
Definition
(adj.) poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure .
Typist: Rudy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair.
(a.) Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.
(a.) Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain.
(a.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Uneven, not alike.[2]. Inferior, inadequate, insufficient.[3]. Disproportioned, ill-matched.[4]. Irregular, not equable, not uniform.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Uneven, not_alike, irregular, insufficient, inadequate, illmatched,[SeeEQUAL]
Checker: Wilbur
Definition
adj. not equal or alike in any quality extent duration &c.: insufficient: varying not uniform.—adj. Unē′qualled not to be equalled.—adv. Unē′qually.—n. Unē′qualness.
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Examples
- Fanny's heart beat quick, and she felt quite unequal to surmising or soliciting anything more. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- As usual, believing yourself unequal to anything! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Was it an unequal marriage, sir, in point of years? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Your lively talents would place you in the greatest danger in an unequal marriage. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He was of opinion that it was improper, and that they were naturally unequal to it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The answer was only in this short note: Miss Fairfax's compliments and thanks, but is quite unequal to any exercise. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It was originally extremely unequal, and it still continues to be so. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They were more disturbed, more unequal, than she had often seen them. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The gentlest summer breezes and the fiercest blasts of winter are produced by the unequal heating of air. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- What principle of rival Sophists or anybody else can overcome in such an unequal contest? Plato. The Republic.
- And how shows this recreant conduct in a man on whom unequal laws are known to have fallen heavy? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The branching and diverging dotted lines of unequal lengths proceeding from (A), may represent its varying offspring. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I am growing more and more unequal to the task I have set myself. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It is this inclination which causes the difference in the seasons and the unequal length of the day in summer and winter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I persuaded myself that, unequal though we were in years, she would live tranquilly and contentedly with me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- These and other kindred characteristics are proper to democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing equality to equals and unequals alike. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Such is democracy;--a pleasing, lawless, various sort of government, distributing equality to equals and unequals alike. Plato. The Republic.
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