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uneven

[uhn-ee-vuhn]
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adjective
  1. not level or flat; rough; rugged: The wheels bumped and jolted over the uneven surface.
  2. irregular; varying; not uniform: The book is uneven in quality.
  3. not equitable or fair; one-sided: an uneven contest.
  4. not equally balanced; not symmetrical or parallel.
  5. (of a number) odd; not divisible into two equal integers: The numerals 3, 5, and 7 are uneven.
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Origin of uneven

before 900; Middle English; Old English unefen; cognate with German uneben. See un-1, even1
Related formsun·e·ven·ly, adverbun·e·ven·ness, noun

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3. unfair, unequal, lopsided.
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Related Words

bump, distortion, twist, spasm, hump, imperfection, roughness, change, deviation, flaw, aberration, stop, variation, break, asymmetry, hole, inconsistency, shift, uncertainty, dent

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British Dictionary definitions for unevenness

uneven

adjective
  1. (of a surface, etc) not level or flat
  2. spasmodic or variable
  3. not parallel, straight, or horizontal
  4. not fairly matchedan uneven race
  5. archaic not equal
  6. obsolete unjust
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Derived Formsunevenly, adverbunevenness, noun
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Word Origin and History for unevenness

uneven

adj.

Old English unefen "unequal," from un- (1) "not" + even (adj.). Cf. Old Frisian oniovn, Middle Dutch oneven, Old High German uneban, German uneben, Old Norse ujafn. Meaning "irregular, broken, rugged" (in reference to terrain, etc.) is recorded from late 13c.

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