'Unequal' definitions:
Definition of 'unequal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure [ant: equal]
adjective
Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task" [syn: inadequate, unequal] [ant: adequate, equal]
Definition of 'Unequal'
From: GCIDE
- Unequal \Un*e"qual\, a. [Cf. Inequal.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair. [1913 Webster]
- Against unequal arms to fight in pain. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his adversaries. --John Worthington. [1913 Webster]
- To punish me for what you make me do Seems much unequal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Bot.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unequal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assorted,
- asymmetric,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- broken,
- capricious,
- careening,
- catchy,
- changeable,
- changing,
- choppy,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- contrasting,
- departing,
- desultory,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- different,
- differentiated,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeing,
- disconnected,
- discontinuous,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- discrete,
- discriminated,
- disjoined,
- disorderly,
- disparate,
- disproportionate,
- dissimilar,
- dissonant,
- distant,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- divaricate,
- divergent,
- diverging,
- divers,
- diverse,
- diversified,
- diversiform,
- eccentric,
- erose,
- erratic,
- fitful,
- flickering,
- fluctuating,
- guttering,
- halting,
- herky-jerky,
- heteroclite,
- heterogeneous,
- ill-matched,
- ill-sorted,
- illegal,
- immethodical,
- impulsive,
- in disagreement,
- inaccordant,
- inadequate,
- incompatible,
- incongruous,
- inconsistent,
- inconsonant,
- inconstant,
- inequitable,
- inharmonious,
- iniquitous,
- insufficient,
- intermittent,
- intermitting,
- irreconcilable,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- lurching,
- many,
- mercurial,
- mismatched,
- motley,
- multifarious,
- mutable,
- nonconformist,
- nonstandard,
- nonsymmetrical,
- nonuniform,
- odd,
- off-balance,
- out of proportion,
- overbalanced,
- patchy,
- pluralistic,
- poles apart,
- poles asunder,
- ragged,
- rambling,
- rough,
- scrappy,
- separate,
- separated,
- several,
- skew,
- skewed,
- snatchy,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- spastic,
- sporadic,
- spotty,
- staggering,
- unalike,
- unbalanced,
- uncertain,
- unconformable,
- undeserved,
- undue,
- unequable,
- unequitable,
- uneven,
- unjust,
- unlawful,
- unlike,
- unmeet,
- unmerited,
- unmethodical,
- unmetrical,
- unorthodox,
- unregular,
- unrhythmical,
- unrightful,
- unsettled,
- unsimilar,
- unstable,
- unsteady,
- unsymmetrical,
- unsystematic,
- ununiform,
- variable,
- variant,
- varied,
- variegated,
- variform,
- various,
- varying,
- veering,
- wandering,
- wavering,
- widely apart,
- wobbling,
- wobbly,
- worlds apart,
- wrong,
- wrongful