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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unevenness

Uneven \Un*e"ven\, a. [AS. unefen. See Un- not, and Even, a.]

  1. Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground.

  2. Not equal; not of equal length.

    Hebrew verse consists of uneven feet.
    --Peacham.

  3. Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; -- said of numbers; as, 3, 7, and 11 are uneven numbers. [1913 Webster] Un*e"ven*ly, adv. -- Un*e"ven*ness, n.

Wiktionary
unevenness

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity. 2 (context countable English) The result or product of being uneven. 3 A rough or uneven thing.

WordNet
unevenness
  1. n. a quality of variability and lack of uniformity [syn: variability] [ant: evenness, evenness]

  2. the quality of being unbalanced [ant: evenness]

Usage examples of "unevenness".

Not only that, but it was somewhat nonregulation just because of its unevenness.

The unevenness of the terrain we crossed favored us, for as soon as they began their descent of the ridge, we could venture closer, Several times we had to leave the trodden path to keep hidden below the ridgeline, but those we followed seemed confident that they were now in safer territory.

This is a soft and tender membrane that closely lines the brain and the spinal cord, insinuating itself into all the unevennesses and fissures.

There were irregularities: vertical striations and unevennesses in the exposed, broken soil.

He saw the unevennesses of the wall, the shadows stretched under them like rictus.