unequal

[US]/ʌn'iːkw(ə)l/
[UK]/ʌn'ikwəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. different in size, quality, or degree; not fair

n. something that is not equal; a person of unequal status

Example Sentences

be unequal to the work

be unequal to the task

an unequal distribution of power.

an unequal division of the cake

persons of unequal degree.

the revocation of all the unequal treaties

two rooms of unequal size.

she felt unequal to the task before her.

demand an end to all unequal treaties

Unequal distribution of wealth may cause division in society.

He faced his enemy with unequaled courage.

5.He said, totidem verbis, that he was unequal to the task.

he women have threatened to strike against unequal pay.

Exchange of unequal values makes the poor countries poorer.

The imperialist powers forced the Qing Dynasty to sign a series of unequal treaties.

Bark opaquely brown, gray spotted, spots unequal in size.

Mozhizi's component is very complicated.It has many kinds of pyroxene amphilobe mineral and other impurity mineral.It is characterized by the unequal-quantity of ureyite.

This is a hierarchy of unequal diads and triads, extended by analogy to larger scales, from father-son to emperor-subject, and a lot in between.

Real-world Examples

And reading took an unequal relationship and gave us a momentary equality.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) June 2019 Collection

There are clear reasons for this grotesquely unequal impact.

Source: Time

The player complained that it was an unequal game.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

The distribution of these funds has also been unequal.

Source: PBS Interview Environmental Series

How could you express the unequal quantity?

Source: Advanced Daily Grammar (Audio Version)

So this is a very unequal distribution between men and women.

Source: Women's power

Oil provides few jobs for locals and Angola is horribly unequal.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

And the same thing happens to us in an unequal relationship.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

Of course, there's going to be an unequal distribution of housing.

Source: Vox opinion

They were more disturbed, more unequal, than she had often seen them.

Source: Pride and Prejudice (Original Version)

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