 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
unequal
adjective
1: not equal in amount; "they distributed unlike (or unequal)
sums to the various charities" [syn: {unlike}] [ant: {like}]
2: poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
[ant: {equal}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unequal \Un*e"qual\, adjective [Cf. {Inequal}.]
1. 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.
2. Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not
equitable; partial; unjust; unfair.
Against unequal arms to fight in pain. --Milton.
Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his
adversaries. --John
Worthington.
To punish me for what you make me do
Seems much unequal. --Shak.
3. Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal
pulsations; an unequal poem.
4. Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was
unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the
sudden strain.
5. (Bot.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
159 Moby Thesaurus words for "unequal":
assorted, asymmetric, at odds, at variance, broken, capricious,
careening, catchy, changeable, changing, choppy, contrary,
contrasted, contrasting, departing, desultory, deviating,
deviative, deviatory, different, differentiated, differing,
disaccordant, disagreeing, disconnected, discontinuous, discordant,
discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined, disorderly,
disparate, disproportionate, dissimilar, dissonant, distant,
distinct, distinguished, divaricate, divergent, diverging, divers,
diverse, diversified, diversiform, eccentric, erose, erratic,
fitful, flickering, fluctuating, guttering, halting, herky-jerky,
heteroclite, heterogeneous, ill-matched, ill-sorted, illegal,
immethodical, impulsive, in disagreement, inaccordant, inadequate,
incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inconstant,
inequitable, inharmonious, iniquitous, insufficient, intermittent,
intermitting, irreconcilable, irregular, jagged, jerky, lurching,
many, mercurial, mismatched, motley, multifarious, mutable,
nonconformist, nonstandard, nonsymmetrical, nonuniform, odd,
off-balance, out of proportion, overbalanced, patchy, pluralistic,
poles apart, poles asunder, ragged, rambling, rough, scrappy,
separate, separated, several, skew, skewed, snatchy, spasmatic,
spasmic, spasmodic, spastic, sporadic, spotty, staggering, unalike,
unbalanced, uncertain, unconformable, undeserved, undue, unequable,
unequitable, uneven, unjust, unlawful, unlike, unmeet, unmerited,
unmethodical, unmetrical, unorthodox, unregular, unrhythmical,
unrightful, unsettled, unsimilar, unstable, unsteady,
unsymmetrical, unsystematic, ununiform, variable, variant, varied,
variegated, variform, various, varying, veering, wandering,
wavering, widely apart, wobbling, wobbly, worlds apart, wrong,
wrongful
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