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Uneven   /ənˈivən/   Listen
Uneven

adjective
1.
Not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture.  "Uneven ground" , "Uneven margins" , "Wood with an uneven grain"  Antonym: even.
2.
(of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents.  Synonym: mismatched.
3.
Not divisible by two.  Synonym: odd.  Antonym: even.
4.
Variable and recurring at irregular intervals.  "Uneven spacing"
5.
Lacking consistency.  Synonyms: scratchy, spotty.



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... long-limbed bays of royal breed bore the light vehicles over the uneven sandy road and the smooth ...
— Uarda • Georg Ebers
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... crooked, uneven stone steps that led to the Cove, he felt indignant, almost unhappy. It was as if a friend had been insulted in his presence and he had been unable to defend him. They said that the Cove must go, must make way for ...
— The Wooden Horse • Hugh Walpole
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... of the skin, including the follicles, glands and subcutaneous connective and areolar tissue, share in the hypertrophy; and this in exceptional instances may be so extensive that the integument hangs in folds. The enlargement of the follicles, natural folds and rugae gives rise to an uneven surface, but the skin remains soft and pliable. There is also increased pigmentation, the integument ...
— Essentials of Diseases of the Skin • Henry Weightman Stelwagon
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... moon that lighted the scene almost as brilliantly as might the sun himself the battle waged, and though the odds were painfully uneven the white men moved steadily, though slowly, toward the jungle. It was evident that the natives feared the giant white who led the three. Anthony Harding, familiar with Japanese, could translate sufficient of their jargon to be sure of that, had not the respectful distance ...
— The Mucker • Edgar Rice Burroughs
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... no man should regard him. Also, now he never spake freely for King Shaddai, but always by force and constraint; besides, he would at one time be hot against that at which at another he would hold his peace, so uneven was he now in his doings. Sometimes he would be as if fast asleep, and again sometimes as dead, even then when the whole town of Mansoul was in her career after vanity, and in her ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan
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