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unequal

adjective

  1. not the same as, unbalanced
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈiːkwəl/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English unequale, equivalent to un- + equal. Compare German unegal (“unlevel, uneven”).

  1. Not the same.
  2. Out of balance.
  3. Inadequate; insufficiently capable or qualified.

    unequal to the task

  4. 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.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English unequale, equivalent to un- + equal. Compare German unegal (“unlevel, uneven”).

  1. One who is not an equal.