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adjective

Unequal adj.

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.

Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair. "Against unequal arms to fight in pain." "Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his adversaries." "To punish me for what you make me do Seems much unequal."

Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.

Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain.

(Bot.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.

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Etymology of 'Unequal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... was a group of white, unequal flat or pointed mountain summits, which glistened in the sun; the Mischabel with its two peaks, the huge group of the Weisshorn, the heavy Brunegghorn, the lofty and formidable pyramid of Mont Cervin, that slayer of men, and ...

— The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8) - Boule de Suif and Other Stories • Guy de Maupassant

... revolving motion upon a horizontal axis at right angles to a line from the center of the lake, the surface moving toward the circumference. This motion is supposed to be caused by the great daily change in temperature, often amounting to 80 deg., and an unequal upward motion of the mass below, increasing toward the center of the lake. A few patches of shallow earth lying on the pitch, and covered with bushes and small trees, are scattered over the surface ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 • Various

... a poet, of choosing rightly the metrical form that is the best expression of his peculiar genius. In some of these shorter poems Byron rises to his highest level, and by these will his popularity be permanently maintained. They are certainly of very unequal merit; yet when Byron is condemned for artificiality and glaring colour, we may point to the poem beginning 'And thou art dead, as young and fair,' where form and feeling are in harmony throughout eight long ...

— Studies in Literature and History • Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall

... against my love; it is too unequal a bargain. If you ride with my promise to-morrow, you must leave Martin with me. He has been my mad playfellow ...

— The Brown Mask • Percy J. Brebner

... redoubled diligence, his foolish mistake with regard to Schwarz. Now it was too late; though the master had let him have his way in the choice of piece for the coming PRUFUNG, it had mainly been owing to indifference. If only he did not prove unequal to the choice now it was made! For that he was out of the rut of steady work, was clear to him as soon as he put his hands ...

— Maurice Guest • Henry Handel Richardson

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