Unevenness

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity. uncountable

    "The unevenness of his voice betrayed his nervousness."

  2. 2
    the quality of being unbalanced wordnet
  3. 3
    The result or product of being uneven. countable
  4. 4
    the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity wordnet
  5. 5
    A rough or uneven thing. countable, uncountable

    "His chinne, a thorny hairy unevennesse, / Doth threaten, and some daily change possesse."

Synonyms

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adulterationarrhythmiaasperityasymmetrybreakbrokenness

Example

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"In materials science, asperity refers to the unevenness, roughness or ruggedness of a material."

Etymology

From Middle English unevennesse, equivalent to uneven + -ness.

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