unequal
pronunciation
How to pronounce unequal in British English:
UK [ʌnˈi:kwəl]
How to pronounce unequal in American English:
US [ʌnˈikwəl]
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- Adjective:
- not equal in amount
- poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
Word Origin
- unequal (adj.)
- 1530s, "unjust, unfair," from un- (1) "not" + equal (adj.). Meaning "not the same in amount, size, quality, etc." is recorded from 1560s (inequal in this sense is from late 14c.). Sense of "inadequate, insufficient" (to some task) is attested from 1690s. Related: Unequally.
Antonym
Example
- 1. At some level , this is an unequal comparison .
- 2. It sits at the apex of a horrendously hierarchical and unequal society .
- 3. She believes in equal rights and unequal wrongs .
- 4. For example , most approaches predict that the living dead would have an unequal effect on different governments .
- 5. And the nation is more unequal .