unequal
Etymology

From Middle English unequale, equivalent to un- + equal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ʌnˈiːkwəl/
Adjective

unequal

  1. Not the same.
  2. Out of balance.
  3. (comparable) Inadequate; insufficiently capable or qualified.
    unequal to the task
  4. Erratic, inconsistent.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, page 1 ↗:
      Her manner to Francesca was very unequal. Sometimes it had all the frankness of their early intimacy; at other times it was forbidding, and even petulant.
Translations Translations Noun

unequal (plural unequals)

  1. One who is not an equal.



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