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noun
The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The result or product of being uneven.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A rough or uneven thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the quality of being unbalanced
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: evenness
Broader terms: inequality
noun
the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: variability
Antonyms: evenness
Broader terms: irregularity, unregularity
Narrower terms: rockiness, ruggedness, jaggedness, patchiness, waviness
History
From Middle English unevennesse, equivalent to uneven + -ness.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
