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Unequal

//ʌnˈiːkwəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not the same.
  2. 2
    Out of balance.
  3. 3
    Inadequate; insufficiently capable or qualified. comparable

    "unequal to the task"

  4. 4
    Erratic, inconsistent.

    "Her manner to Francesca was very unequal. Sometimes it had all the frankness of their early intimacy; at other times it was forbidding, and even petulant."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task wordnet
  2. 2
    poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One who is not an equal.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English unequale, equivalent to un- + equal. Compare German unegal (“unlevel, uneven”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English unequale, equivalent to un- + equal. Compare German unegal (“unlevel, uneven”).

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