adj
Meaning 1
Not the same.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unequal
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Out of balance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Inadequate; insufficiently capable or qualified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable
Examples
- unequal to the task
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Erratic, inconsistent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
One who is not an equal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 6
lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- inadequate training
- the staff was inadequate
- she was unequal to the task
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inadequate
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 7
poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: equal
History
Etymology
From Middle English unequale, equivalent to un- + equal. Compare German unegal (“unlevel, uneven”).
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неравен (neraven) — not the same
- Bulgarian: нееднакъв (neednakǎv) — not the same
- Catalan: desigual — not the same
- Chinese: 不公平 (bùgōngpíng) — not the same
- Czech: nerovný — not the same
- Dutch: ongelijk — not the same
- Esperanto: malegala — not the same
- Finnish: eri — not the same
- Finnish: erilainen — not the same
- German: ungleich — not the same
- Ancient Greek: ἄνισος (ánisos) — not the same
- Italian: diseguale — not the same
- Latin: inīquus — not the same
- Latin: impar — not the same
- Portuguese: desigual — not the same
- Romanian: inegal — not the same
- Spanish: desigual — not the same
- Tagalog: ditumbas — not the same
- Bulgarian: неуравновесен (neuravnovesen) — out of balance
- Esperanto: senekvilibra — out of balance
- Finnish: epätasapainoinen — out of balance
- Irish: míchothrom — out of balance
- Italian: impari — out of balance
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