The tamborim lends a very slightly uneven and highly distinctive 16th note groove to samba music.
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Uneven
//ʌnˈivən//
Synonyms for "uneven" (208 found)
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Strong matches (62)
disproportionatedivaricatedivergentdiversifieddiversiformeccentriceroseerraticerroneousfalliblefaultyfitfulflickeringfluctuatingfound wantinggrainygranulatedgutteringhairyhalting
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harshherky-jerkyheteroclitehomespunhorripilantill-matchedill-sortedillegalimmatureimmethodicalimpairedimperfectimpreciseimpulsiveimpureinaccurateinadequateincompleteinconsistentinconstantinequalinequitableinexactiniquitousinsufficientintermittentintermittingironboundjaggedjerkyjoltylackinglinsey-woolseylopsidedlumpylurchingmakeshiftmediocremercurialmixed
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (104)
moodymotleymutablenonconformistnonstandardnonsymmetricalnonuniformnot perfectoffoff balanceoff-balanceout of proportionout of trueoverbalancedpartialpebble grainedpimplypittedpluralisticpocky
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potholedramblingrankripplyrough-castrough-grainedrough-hewnroughcastroughhewnruffledruggedruttedruttyscabrousscrappyscratchyshaggedshaggyshortsketchyskewskewedsnatchyspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspasticsporadicspottystaggeringtemperamentaltexturedunbalanceduncertainundeservedundevelopedundueunequableunequalunequitableunfinishedunjustunkemptunlawfulunlevelunmeetunmeritedunmethodicalunmetricalunorthodoxunparallelunperfectedunpolishedunrefinedunregularunrhythmicalunrightfulunsettledunsmoothunsoundunstableunsymmetricalunsystematicunthoroughununiformvariablevariegatedvariformvariousvaryingveeringwanderingwantingwaveringwimpledwobblingwobblywrongwrongful
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
3 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
Translations
94 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- ἀνώμαλος adj ((about surface) not even)
- ἀνώμαλος adj (not level or smooth)
- ἄνισος adj ((about surface) not even)
- ἄνισος adj (not level or smooth)
Belarusian
1 entries- няро́ўны adj (not level or smooth)
Bulgarian
4 entries- грапав adj (not level or smooth)
- нееднакъв adj (varying in quality)
- непостоянен adj (not uniform)
- неравен adj (not level or smooth)
Catalan
4 entries- desigual adj ((about surface) not even)
- escabrós adj ((about surface) not even)
- escabrós adj (not level or smooth)
- escabrós adj (not uniform)
Czech
3 entries- nerovnoměrný adj (not level or smooth)
- nerovnoměrný adj (not uniform)
- nerovný adj ((about surface) not even)
Danish
3 entries- ujævn adj ((about surface) not even)
- ujævn adj (not level or smooth)
- ujævn adj (varying in quality)
Dutch
1 entries- oneven adj ((about surface) not even)
Esperanto
4 entries- malebena adj ((about surface) not even)
- monotona adj (not level or smooth)
- neregula adj (not uniform)
- nesamforma adj (not uniform)
Finnish
3 entries- epäsäännöllinen adj (not uniform)
- epätasainen adj (not level or smooth)
- pariton adj ((about surface) not even)
French
2 entries- inégal adj (not level or smooth)
- scabreux adj (not level or smooth)
Georgian
4 entries- არათანაბარი adj ((about surface) not even)
- არასწორი adj ((about surface) not even)
- უთანაბრო adj ((about surface) not even)
- უთანასწორო adj ((about surface) not even)
German
2 entries- uneben adj ((about surface) not even)
- uneben adj (not level or smooth)
Hungarian
1 entries- egyenetlen adj (not level or smooth)
Irish
4 entries- aimhréidh adj (not level or smooth)
- anacair adj ((about surface) not even)
- cnocánach adj (not level or smooth)
- míchothrom adj ((about surface) not even)
Latin
3 entries- asper adj (not level or smooth)
- impār adj ((about surface) not even)
- inīquus adj ((about surface) not even)
Māori
4 entries- karawhiti adj ((about surface) not even)
- karawhiti adj (not uniform)
- kūreureu adj (not uniform)
- moana adj ((about surface) not even)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- kupert adj ((about surface) not even)
- ujamn adj ((about surface) not even)
- ujamn adj (not level or smooth)
- ujevn adj ((about surface) not even)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- ujamn adj ((about surface) not even)
- ujamn adj (not level or smooth)
Old English
1 entries- unsmēþe adj (not level or smooth)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- ruch adj (not level or smooth)
Polish
4 entries- nierównomierny adj (not uniform)
- nierówny adj ((about surface) not even)
- nierówny adj (not level or smooth)
- nierówny adj (varying in quality)
Portuguese
4 entries- desigual adj ((about surface) not even)
- desnivelado adj (not level or smooth)
- despadronizado adj (varying in quality)
- desuniforme adj (not uniform)
Romanian
1 entries- denivelat adj (not level or smooth)
Russian
4 entries- негла́дкий adj (not level or smooth)
- неравноме́рный adj (not uniform)
- неро́вный adj ((about surface) not even)
- неро́вный adj (not level or smooth)
Spanish
4 entries- desigual adj ((about surface) not even)
- desnivel adj ((about surface) not even)
- desnivel adj (not level or smooth)
- desnivelado adj (not level or smooth)
Swedish
2 entries- ojämn adj ((about surface) not even)
- ojämn adj (varying in quality)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нері́вний adj (not level or smooth)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The ground was very uneven.
Source: tatoeba (2268164)
Tom rolled his ankle on some uneven ground.
Source: tatoeba (3130180)
Hikers were warned to be careful because the trail was uneven underfoot and had tree roots growing on it.
Source: tatoeba (3130214)
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