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

Unequal \Un*e"qual\, a. [Cf. Inequal.]

  1. Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank.

  2. Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair.

    Against unequal arms to fight in pain.
    --Milton.

    Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his adversaries.
    --John Worthington.

    To punish me for what you make me do Seems much unequal.
    --Shak.

  3. Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.

  4. Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain.

  5. (Bot.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unequal

1530s, "unjust, unfair," from un- (1) "not" + equal (adj.). Meaning "not the same in amount, size, quality, etc." is recorded from 1560s (inequal in this sense is from late 14c.). Sense of "inadequate, insufficient" (to some task) is attested from 1690s. Related: Unequally.

Wiktionary
unequal

a. 1 Not the same. 2 Out of balance.

WordNet
unequal
  1. adj. not equal in amount; "they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities" [syn: unlike] [ant: like]

  2. poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure [ant: equal]

Usage examples of "unequal".

Fortunately, if today we could make every man white, every woman as like man as nature permits, give to every human being the same opportunity of education, and divide equally among all the accumulated wealth of the world, tomorrow differences, unequal possession, and differentiation would begin again.

I will allude further on, and which bring together these two unequal links in the great chain of nature.

It may be entirely removed for the time by wetting the wool in hot water, then drying it in a stretched condition, or the curl may be artificially induced by unequal drying, a fact which is turned to practical account in the curling of feathers and of hair.

Emily, feeling every way unequal to a meeting with Denbigh, gladly assented After ringing for her maid to sit in the adjoining room, Mrs.

On one side hung a very large oil painting so thoroughly besmoked, and every way defaced, that in the unequal crosslights by which you viewed it, it was only by diligent study and a series of systematic visits to it, and careful inquiry of the neighbors, that you could any way arrive at an understanding of its purpose.

Ingoldsby had now forced their way across the bridge, but their entrance into the city was furiously opposed by such forces as could be rallied by Lord Wilmot, Colonel Blague, Colonel Lane, and others, but the contest was too unequal, and could not be long sustained.

A hysteric, Carr, hi fact the most classic example I have ever encountered, with unequaled mediumistic capacities and also with a hyper-trophied and utterly ruthless ambition.

She left the merrow to its fate and swam toward the two fighters that grappled in unequal combat.

At present, the ships by which Goree was attacked were found unequal to the attempt, and the expedition miscarried accordingly, though the miscarriage was attended with little or no damage to the assailants.

General Berthier, in his narrative of the Egyptian expedition, enumerates the individuals who, though not in the military service, assisted Perree in this unequal and dangerous engagement.

And as it was known that his consort, who had great influence over him, was extremely disquieted in mind on account of his dissensions with the holy father, all men prognosticated to Julius final success in this unequal contest.

As the pulvinus is so indistinct at first, the movement probably does not then depend on the expansion of its cells, but on periodically unequal growth in the petiole.

Maid there, and then reflecting upon what had happened, invented this Organ, and joyned together imparil, or unequal quils, because their Love was so imparil.

Confederate States, yet in their infancy, and themselves engaged in an unequal struggle for existence, by act of their Congress declared that, if Missouri was engaged in repelling a lawless invasion of her territory by armed forces, it was their right and duty to aid the people and government of said State in resisting such invasion, and in securing the means and the opportunity of expressing their will upon all questions affecting their rights and liberties.

Servants and gentlemen of the household barred the way, but being utterly unequal to so many adversaries they were spitted against the door and kicked aside.