adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
equal/unequal length
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She drew two lines of equal length.
uneven/unequal British English (= one in which one of the people, groups etc has a better chance of winning )
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Given their military strength, the war was a pretty unequal contest.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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It can only reduce student numbers and make our education system more unequal .
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Not surprisingly, a more unequal distribution of skills leads to a more unequal distribution of earnings in the United States.
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The statistics leave no doubt that the triumph of capital has lead to more and more unequal distribution of income and wealth.
very
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They are normally found to be divided into two very unequal parts.
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Yet they, too, have a very unequal geography.
■ NOUN
contest
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The interlopers soon give up the unequal contest .
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It was an unequal contest , and Lorton was tired of playing the loser.
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It can become an unequal contest .
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You will find it an unequal contest .
distribution
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This chapter is concerned with the study of the unequal distribution of power, prestige and wealth in society.
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Not surprisingly, a more unequal distribution of skills leads to a more unequal distribution of earnings in the United States.
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Personal and social problems are explained in terms of the unequal distribution of power and resources in society.
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Not surprisingly, a more unequal distribution of skills leads to a more unequal distribution of earnings in the United States.
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Only an unequal distribution that takes need into account can achieve the goal of effective equality of access to medical care.
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The statistics leave no doubt that the triumph of capital has lead to more and more unequal distribution of income and wealth.
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Power and rewards Tumin argues that Davis and Moore have ignored the influence of power on the unequal distribution of rewards.
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For both approaches, the fundamental feature of society is stratification-the unequal distribution of values across distinct groups.
power
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Its rules protect the weak in a world of unequal power .
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In selective assessment the relationship between practitioner and elder is one of unequal power .
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Those manoeuvres arise in a situation of unequal power .
struggle
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And the particulars of such a seeming unequal struggle are of little immediate help to the Kids from La Fama.
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Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16?
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After years of regular waxing, the hair follicles may give up the unequal struggle and not grow back.
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Without delay, the fire-fighters gave up the unequal struggle to contain the leaping flames.
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The last minute of a hunt is an unequal struggle and quite rightly so.
treatment
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Horizontal equity is the equal treatment of equals, and vertical equity the unequal treatment of unequals.
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It may seem a case of unequal treatment , but there are complex medical questions involved.
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It is more debatable whether differences which are the outcome of different job characteristics are the outcome of unequal treatment or not.
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Meanwhile, the administration will also need to explain this unequal treatment of fishermen and agriculture.
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Similar problems follow from centuries of unequal treatment of men and women.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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unequal educational opportunities
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It was an unequal relationship. He was rich, powerful and experienced -- I was very young and naive.
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People are paid unequal amounts because they have unequal talents.
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the unequal distribution of power
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The unequal distribution of wealth is a feature of our system of government.
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The boxers were so unequal in size that it was never really a true contest.
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two pieces of wood of unequal length
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When people are forced to compete on unequal terms they become resentful.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the division of cytoplasm is extremely unequal .
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Not surprisingly, a more unequal distribution of skills leads to a more unequal distribution of earnings in the United States.
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Only an unequal distribution that takes need into account can achieve the goal of effective equality of access to medical care.
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The distribution of medical services has always been both unequal and inequitable.
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The epochs too are unequal in length.
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There are even certain particular selections of initial list for which there is no algorithm for deciding when two words are unequal .
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This chapter is concerned with the study of the unequal distribution of power, prestige and wealth in society.