UNEQUAL


Meaning of UNEQUAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌni:kwəl ]

1.

An unequal system or situation is unfair because it gives more power or privileges to one person or group of people than to others.

This country still had a deeply oppressive, unequal and divisive political system.

...the unequal power relationships between men and women.

...unequal pay.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• un‧equal‧ly

...unequally distributed assets...

The victims were treated unequally.

ADV : ADV with v

2.

If someone is unequal to a task they have to do, they do not have the abilities needed to do it well. ( FORMAL )

He felt unequal to the job and wished there were someone he could go to for advice.

ADJ : v-link ADJ to n

3.

Unequal means being different in size, strength, or amount.

The Egyptians probably measured their day in twenty-four hours of unequal length.

ADJ

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