uneven

[ uhn-ee-vuhn ]

/ ʌnˈi vən /

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adjective

not level or flat; rough; rugged: The wheels bumped and jolted over the uneven surface.

irregular; varying; not uniform: The book is uneven in quality.

not equitable or fair; one-sided: an uneven contest.

not equally balanced; not symmetrical or parallel.

(of a number) odd; not divisible into two equal integers: The numerals 3, 5, and 7 are uneven.

Nearby words

unescorted, unessential, unestablished, unesthetic, unethical, uneven, uneven parallel bars, uneventful, unexampled, unexceptionable, unexceptional

Origin of uneven

before 900; Middle English; Old English unefen; cognate with German uneben. See un-¹, even¹

SYNONYMS FOR uneven

3 unfair, unequal, lopsided.

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Related forms

un·e·ven·ly, adverbun·e·ven·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for uneven

Their uneven threads showed potential for backing out or breaking, he said.
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The power delivered by the rocket motor was uneven and tricky to control.
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So the dependency story is strange and uneven, and especially nasty when it comes to women.
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He uses a spatula to flatten the onions and the meat together, creating a broad circular patty with an uneven edge.
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Dad was 45, almost six years removed from a heart attack, and his deep, uneven breathing worried me.
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Both yards were forlorn, uneven, and malodorous, from the heaps of offal and rubbish lying under the hot sun.
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He soon reckoned that he would make three miles an hour over the uneven surface of the floe.
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It had grown by uneven jerks, until the balance on October 1st was almost four hundred thousand dollars.
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It is a long and wearisome operation if the bottom is uneven.
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But his master went on and Peter followed him, stepping the uneven ties one by one.
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British Dictionary definitions for uneven

uneven

/ (ʌnˈiːvən) /

adjective

(of a surface, etc) not level or flat

spasmodic or variable

not parallel, straight, or horizontal

not fairly matchedan uneven race

archaic not equal

obsolete unjust

Derived Forms

unevenly, adverbunevenness, noun

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uneven

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uneven

adjective

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