uneven

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʌnˈivən/

Adjective

uneven

1. Not even
2. Not level or smooth
3. Not uniform
4. Varying in quality
5. (mathematics, rare) Odd

   Antonyms: even

Synonyms

• rough

Translations

• Portuguese: desigual
• Russian: неро́вный
• Spanish: desigual, desnivel

Translations

• French: inégal
• German: uneben
• Portuguese: desnivelado
• Russian: неро́вный
• Spanish: desnivelado, desnivel

Translations

• Portuguese: desuniforme
• Russian: неравноме́рный
• Spanish: desuniforme

Translations

• Portuguese: despadronizado
• Spanish: despatronizado

Verb

uneven (unevens, present participle unevening; past and past participle unevened)

1. (transitive) To make uneven.
   • 1993, Travel Holiday (volume 176, page 56)

     Initially it nestled among the dozens of Indian mounds that unevened the earth near the river until they were leveled to accommodate commerce.

   • 2006, Jack Temple Kirby, Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South (page 128)

     First, of course, the war reduced the white male, mostly young adult, population by more than a quarter-million, unevening the sex ratio and connubial and other opportunities for women for perhaps a generation.

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