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uneveness

uneveness is the rare spelling of unevenness.

Meaning of unevenness

Noun

unevenness (countable and uncountable, plural unevennesses)

  1. (uncountable) The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity.
    • The unevenness of his voice betrayed his nervousness.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being uneven.
  3. A rough or uneven thing.
    • His chinne, a thorny hairy unevennesse, / Doth threaten, and some daily change possesse.1633, John Donne, Sapho to Philænis

Origin of uneveness

From uneven + -ness.

Questions about uneveness

What is uneveness the rare spelling of?
Uneveness is the rare spelling of unevenness.

Words near uneveness in the dictionary

  1. unevasive
  2. uneven
  3. uneven bars
  4. unevened
  5. unevener
  6. uneveness
  7. unevenest
  8. unevenhandedness
  9. unevening
  10. unevenly
  11. unevenness

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