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uneven
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective uneven has 5 senses
- uneven(a = adj.all) Array - not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain" Antonym: even
- uneven(s = adj.all) mismatched - (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents; "vaudeville...waged an uneven battle against the church" Derived form noun unevenness2
- uneven(a = adj.all) odd - not divisible by two; Array
- uneven(s = adj.all) Array - variable and recurring at irregular intervals; "an uneven gait"; "uneven spacing"
- uneven(s = adj.all) scratchy, spotty - lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty" Derived form noun unevenness1
Derived form noun unevenness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground. [1913 Webster]
- Not equal; not of equal length. [1913 Webster]"Hebrew verse consists of uneven feet." [1913 Webster]
- Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; -- said of numbers; as, 3, 7, and 11 are uneven numbers. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
uneven, adj.
1 not level or smooth.
2 not uniform or equable.
3 (of a contest) unequal.
1 not level or smooth.
2 not uniform or equable.
3 (of a contest) unequal.
Derivative
unevenly adv. unevenness n.
Etymology
OE unefen (as UN-(1), EVEN(1))
THESAURUS
uneven
adulterated, asperous, asymmetric, blemished, broken, bumpy, capricious, careening, catchy, changeable, changing, choppy, coarse, coarse-grained, corrugated, craggy, cross-grained, damaged, defective, deficient, desultory, deviating, deviative, deviatory, different, differing, disconnected, discontinuous, discrepant, disorderly, disparate, disproportionate, divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform, eccentric, erose, erratic, erroneous, fallible, faulty, fitful, flickering, fluctuating, found wanting, grainy, granulated, guttering, halting, harsh, herky-jerky, heteroclite, homespun, horripilant, ill-matched, ill-sorted, illegal, immature, immethodical, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impulsive, impure, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inconsistent, inconstant, inequal, inequitable, inexact, iniquitous, insufficient, intermittent, intermitting, irregular, jagged, jerky, jolty, lacking, linsey-woolsey, lurching, makeshift, mediocre, mercurial, mismatched, mixed, motley, mutable, nonconformist, nonstandard, nonsymmetrical, nonuniform, not perfect, odd, off, off-balance, out of proportion, overbalanced, partial, patchy, pimply, pitted, pluralistic, pocky, potholed, ragged, rambling, rank, ripply, rough, rough-cast, rough-grained, rough-hewn, ruffled, rugged, rutted, rutty, scabrous, scraggy, scrappy, shagged, shaggy, short, sketchy, skew, skewed, snatchy, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spastic, sporadic, spotty, staggering, textured, unbalanced, uncertain, undeserved, undeveloped, undue, unequable, unequal, unequitable, unfinished, unjust, unkempt, unlawful, unlevel, unmeet, unmerited, unmethodical, unmetrical, unorthodox, unperfected, unpolished, unrefined, unregular, unrhythmical, unrightful, unsettled, unsmooth, unsound, unstable, unsteady, unsymmetrical, unsystematic, unthorough, ununiform, variable, variegated, variform, various, varying, veering, wandering, wanting, wavering, wimpled, wobbling, wobbly, wrong, wrongfulROGET THESAURUS
uneven
Nonuniformity
N nonuniformity, diversity, irregularity, unevenness, multiformity, unconformity, roughness, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divarication, divergence, diversified varied, irregular, uneven, rough, multifarious, multiform, of various kinds, all manner of, all sorts of, all kinds of, variously, in all manner of ways, here there and everywhere.Inequality
N inequality, disparity, imparity, odds, difference, unevenness, inclination of the balance, partiality, bias, weight, shortcoming, casting weight, make-weight, superiority, inferiority, inequation, unequal, uneven, disparate, partial, unbalanced, overbalanced, top-heavy, lopsided, biased, skewed, disquiparant, haud passibus aequis.Roughness
N roughness, tooth, grain, texture, ripple, asperity, rugosity, salebrosity, corrugation, nodosity, arborescence, pilosity, brush, hair, beard, shag, mane, whisker, moustache, imperial, tress, lock, curl, ringlet, fimbriae, pili, cilia, villi, lovelock, beaucatcher, curl paper, goatee, papillote, scalp lock, plumage, plumosity, plume, panache, crest, feather, tuft, fringe, toupee, wool, velvet, plush, nap, pile, floss, fur, down, byssus, moss, bur, fluff, knot (convolution), rough, uneven, scabrous, scaly, knotted, rugged, rugose, rugous, knurly, asperous, crisp, salebrous, gnarled, unpolished, unsmooth, roughhewn, craggy, cragged, crankling, scraggy, prickly, arborescent, leafy, well-wooded, feathery, plumose, plumigerous, laciniate, laciniform, laciniose, pappose, pileous, pilose, trichogenous, trichoid, tufted, fimbriated, hairy, ciliated, filamentous, hirsute, crinose, crinite, bushy, hispid, villous, pappous, bearded, pilous, shaggy, shagged, fringed, befringed, setous, setose, setaceous, like quills upon the fretful porcupine, rough as a nutmeg grater, rough as a bear, downy, velvety, flocculent, woolly, lanate, lanated, lanuginous, lanuginose, tomentose, fluffy, against the grain, cabello luengo y corto el seso.
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