1 [usuallybeforenoun] in which people are treated differently or have different advantages in a way that seems unfair:
an unequal distribution of power / wealth * an unequal contest / relationship
2 ~ (in sth) different in size, amount, etc:
The sleeves are unequal in length. * The rooms upstairs are of unequal size.
3 ~ to sth (formal) not capable of doing sth:
She suddenly felt unequal to the task she had set herself.
OPPEQUAL
unequally adverb:
The budget was unequally distributed between the departments.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for unequal is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is unequal a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, unequal is tagged as adjective.
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