"unequal" Definition

Definitions for the word "unequal" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. adj.
1 (often foll. By to) not equal. 2 of varying quality. 3 unfair (unequal contest). unequally adv.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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