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Grammar : Adv
Spell : uhn-ee-kwuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈi kwəl



Definition of unequally

Origin :
  • 1530s, "unjust, unfair," from un- (1) "not" + equal (adj.). Meaning "not the same in amount, size, quality, etc." is recorded from 1560s (inequal in this sense is from late 14c.). Sense of "inadequate, insufficient" (to some task) is attested from 1690s.
  • adv not evenly
Example sentences :
  • Marriage has ever been a one-sided matter, resting most unequally upon the sexes.
  • Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz
  • Our perceptions, æsthetic and gastronomic, were unequally developed.
  • Extract from : « The Foot-path Way » by Bradford Torrey
  • His lips were bloodless as he stared at the unequally matched pair.
  • Extract from : « Joshua, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • The benefits are unequally distributed, but nearly all share in them to some degree.
  • Extract from : « The Principles of Economics » by Frank A. Fetter
  • It is unequally and often unjustly or defectively administered.
  • Extract from : « Glimpses into the Abyss » by Mary Higgs
  • The words are, "Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers."
  • Extract from : « The Lord's Coming » by C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh
  • Strange Providence that metes so unequally to one and to another.
  • Extract from : « At His Gates, Vol. 1(of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant
  • There can be no doubt that the antagonists were unequally matched.
  • Extract from : « Locke » by Thomas Fowler
  • The two species have spread towards the West, but unequally.
  • Extract from : « Origin of Cultivated Plants » by Alphonse De Candolle
  • The workmen were of unequal capacity and were unequally paid.
  • Extract from : « The English in the West Indies » by James Anthony Froude

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