Category:Unequal

Un*e"qual, a. Etym: [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.

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.

5. (bot.)

Defn: not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.