unequal
Syllables: un·equal/ʌnˈiːkwəl/
unequal adjective: not the same.
Adjective
unequal (comparative more unequal, superlative most unequal)
- Not the same.
- Out of balance.
- Inadequate; insufficiently capable or qualified.
- unequal to the task
- Erratic, inconsistent.
- Her manner to Francesca was very unequal. Sometimes it had all the frankness of their early intimacy; at other times it was forbidding, and even petulant.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 1
Noun
unequal (plural unequals)
- One who is not an equal.
unequal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
unequal in Hindi
- unequal, uneven
- असम asam
- unequal; dissimilar
- असमान asamān
unequal in Tamil
- நிகரற்ற, சமனற்ற, ஒப்பற்ற, ஒப்புமையற்ற, ஏறுமாறான, ஒவ்வாத
unequal in Marathi
- असमान
unequal in Urdu
- غیرمساوی, غیرمتوازی, غیریکساں, لاجواب, نابرابر, ناکافی
More languagesFewer languages
- unequal in Bengali
- অসম ośômo
- unequal in Malayalam
- അസമമായ, തുല്യമല്ലാത്ത, വിഷമ, സമമല്ലാത്ത
- unequal in Kannada
- ದೊರೆಯಲ್ಲದ, ಸಾಟಿಯಲ್ಲದ, ತಕ್ಕುದಲ್ಲದ, ಸಸಿನವಲ್ಲದ
- unequal in Punjabi
- ਅਸਮਾਨ asamān
- unequal in Gujarati
- અસમાન
- unequal in Odia
- ଅସମାନ
- unequal in Nepali
- असमान
- unequal in Tagalog
- ditumbas
Examples of unequal in a sentence
- Apartheid was a government-enforced form of separatism in which people received unequal social benefits based on race.
- "Almost everything can be considered equal and unequal at the same time," Dr.
- Why is there still no popular reform movement directed against the problem of wildly unequal starts?
Synonyms of unequal
Antonyms
Forms of unequal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unequal |
| superlative | most unequal |
| alternative form (obsolete) | unæqual |
| alternative form (obsolete) | unequall |
| alternative form (obsolete, rare) | unæquall |
| Noun | |
| plural | unequals |
Origin of unequal
From Middle English unequale, equivalent to un- + equal. Compare German unegal (“unlevel, uneven”).
Words formed from unequal
Phrases with unequal
Words that rhyme with unequal
Questions about unequal
- What does unequal mean?
- Unequal means not the same.
- What is unequal in Hindi?
- Unequal in Hindi is असम (asam), असमान (asamān). See Unequal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unequal?
- Unequal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce unequal?
- Unequal is pronounced /ʌnˈiːkwəl/.
Words near unequal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unequal (page history and authors); असम (Hindi) (page history and authors); unequal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unequal (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unequal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অসম (Bengali) (page history and authors); unequal (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unequal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਸਮਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); unequal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unequal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unequal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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