Word Meanings - UNEQUAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical. (more info) 1. Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers

Additional info about word: UNEQUAL

Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical. (more info) 1. Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank. 2. Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair. Against unequal arms to fight in pain. Milton. Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his adversaries. John Worthington. To punish me for what you make me do Seems much unequal. Shak. 3. Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem. 4. Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of UNEQUAL)

• Disparate
• Unequal
• different
• ill-assorted
• ill-matched
• Fitful
• Capricious
• fickle
• unstable
• restless
• inconstant
• mutable
• impulsive
• desultory
• fanciful
• unequal
• irregular

Related words: (words related to UNEQUAL)

• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• DIFFERENTIALLY
  In the way of differentiation.
• UNEQUALABLE
  Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. Boyle.
• CAPRICIOUS
  Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." Shak. "Capricious humor." Hugh Miller. A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam. Syn. -- Freakish; whimsical; fanciful;
• MUTABLE
  1. Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature. Things of the most accidental and mutable nature. South. 2. Changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle. "Most mutable wishes." Byron. Syn.
• DIFFERENTLY
  In a different manner; variously.
• DISPARATES
  Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.
• DIFFERENT
  1. Distinct; separate; not the same; other. "Five different churches." Addison. 2. Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different
• IMPULSIVELY
  In an impulsive manner.
• UNEQUALNESS
  The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness. Jer. Taylor.
• FICKLE
  Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel. Shak. They know how fickle common lovers are. Dryden. Syn. -- Wavering; irresolute; unsettled;
• IMPULSIVENESS
  The quality of being impulsive.
• FANCIFUL
  1. Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects. 2. Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful
• UNEQUALED
  Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness.
• DIFFERENTIA
  The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.
• DIFFERENTIATE
  To obtain the differential, or differential coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic expression, or an equation. (more info) 1. To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to
• UNSTABLE
  Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow. -- Un*sta"ble*ness, n. Chaucer. Unstable equilibrium. See Stable equilibrium, under Stable.
• MUTABLENESS
  The quality of being mutable.
• DESULTORY
  desilire, desultum, to leap down; de + salire to leap. See 1. Leaping or skipping about. I shot at it , but it was so desultory that I missed my aim. Gilbert White. 2. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or
• UNEQUALLY
  In an unequal manner. Unequally pinnate , pinnate, but with an odd number of leaflets.
• INDIFFERENTLY
  In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to
• CRESTLESS
  Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth. "Crestless yeomen." Shak.
• COMMUTABLE
  Capable of being commuted or interchanged. The predicate and subject are not commutable. Whately.
• UNMUTABLE
  Immutable.
• COMMUTABLENESS
  The quality of being commutable; interchangeableness.