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nonequal

nonequal adjective: not equal; unequal, different.

Adjective

nonequal (not comparable)

  1. Not equal; unequal, different.
    • Periodic series of nonequal payments, converted into an equivalent future value.1982, Courtland A Collier, William Burl Ledbetter, Engineering cost analysis

Noun

nonequal (plural nonequals)

  1. One who is not an equal; a person of differing rank or status.
    • ...we may develop Table 5, summarizing nonverbal behaviors used between equals (close and distant) and nonequals (superior and subordinate).1977, Nancy Henley, Body politics: power, sex, and nonverbal communication

Forms of nonequal

pluralnonequals

Origin of nonequal

From non- + equal.

Questions about nonequal

What does nonequal mean?
Nonequal means not equal; unequal, different.
What part of speech is nonequal?
Nonequal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonequal in the dictionary

  1. nonepistemological
  2. nonepithelial
  3. nonepithelized
  4. nonepizootic
  5. nonepochal
  6. nonequal
  7. nonequalitarian
  8. nonequalitarians
  9. nonequalities
  10. nonequality
  11. nonequally

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