adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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
very
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His work, to be discussed in a later chapter, was very uneven .
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But the right-hand column was a record of growth, though of a very uneven kind.
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Indeed the overall score of the 1980s has been very uneven .
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Once round the corner, I moved forward as fast as I dared, though the going was very uneven .
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Thus without control, a very uneven spread of available nurses arises.
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But it is also because of the geography of growth of the service sector, which has also been very uneven .
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Empirically, the advance of the Labour Party was very uneven .
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The outcome of such primary data collection, however, is very uneven .
■ NOUN
development
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A key concept in understanding such major shifts, and relating them to wider economic change, is uneven development .
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In fact, we find tendencies toward both the conservation and the erosion of non-capitalist forms as a consequence of uneven development .
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Writers often refer to uneven development between sectors, for example, or between firms within a sector.
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But uneven development does not simply mean that types and quantities of physical and social phenomena vary from place to place.
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The focus on the labour process and on the division of labour allows other forms of uneven development to be picked up.
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What is clear, however, is that decentralization ushered in a new form of uneven development .
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So Massey sees relations and changes in the realm of employment as key starting points for understanding uneven development .
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Moreover these different forms of uneven development are constructed one upon the other.
distribution
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These resources tend to be associated with each other, further compounding their uneven distribution .
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Overall service provision may be stabilized, but a more uneven distribution may result.
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Conflict was exacerbated by the uneven distribution of resources and development effort between the different regions of the country.
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This enables service managers to plan around the peaks and troughs created by an inevitable uneven distribution of learners.
ground
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The uneven ground around the mill was created by digging clay for brick-making.
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I hovered over the uneven ground of row three looking for an empty pad to park.
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Be careful when wheeling a trolley over any uneven ground if your child is in the seat.
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On uneven ground use a base and peg it down or use stones to steady it.
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Guiding the plough and following the team up and down the field over the uneven ground was very hard and tiring work.
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It is rushing towards me over the uneven ground .
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She came into the cobbled yard in front of the coach house walking carefully in her high-heeled sandals on the uneven ground .
surface
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Further coats of varnish should be applied undiluted and with care to avoid runs and an uneven surface .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an uneven income distribution
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His teeth were yellow and uneven .
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The driveway was uneven , with cracks running through it.
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The library's record collection is of uneven quality.
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The old uneven brick sidewalk was ripped up and replaced.
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We listened to the uneven rhythm of the wind's roar.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As with all the economic forces affecting firms' behaviour, the impact of change is uneven and defies generalisation.
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Early development is likely to be uneven because of differentiation in initial conditions.
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Moreover, the cooling would be uneven , and the resultant shrinkage and warping would leave the structure fissured and cracked.
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Suddenly he felt an uneven tug, the string went slack, and he realized that his efforts had been in vain.
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The uneven ground around the mill was created by digging clay for brick-making.
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The light was uneven in that perfect space; the corners in shadow, the long sides illuminated.
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This shift, however, has had a geographically uneven impact, both between and within the economic planning regions.