different between indecisive vs uneven

English

Etymology

in- +? decisive

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd??sa?s?v/
• Rhymes: -a?s?v

Adjective

indecisive (comparative more indecisive, superlative most indecisive)

1. (of a person) Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.

   They were all being very indecisive about what to wear to the party.

2. (of a contest etc.) inconclusive or uncertain

   The outcome of the race was so indecisive.

Antonyms

• decisive

Derived terms

• indecisiveness
• indecisively

Related terms

• indecision

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English uneven, from Old English unefen (“unequal, unlike, dissimilar, diverse, irregular”), equivalent to un- +? even. Cognate with Dutch oneven (“unequal, uneven, odd”), German uneben (“uneven, rough, irregular, bumpy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?iv?n/
• Rhymes: -i?v?n

Adjective

uneven (comparative more uneven, superlative most uneven)

1. Not even
2. Not level or smooth
3. Not uniform
4. Varying in quality
5. (mathematics, rare) Odd

   Antonym: even

Synonyms

• rough

Derived terms

• unevenly
• unevenness

Translations

See also

• irregular
• unequal

Verb

uneven (third-person singular simple present unevens, present participle unevening, simple past and past participle unevened)

1. (transitive) To make uneven.
   • 1993, Travel Holiday (volume 176, page 56)

     Initially it nestled among the dozens of Indian mounds that unevened the earth near the river until they were leveled to accommodate commerce.

   • 2006, Jack Temple Kirby, Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South (page 128)

     First, of course, the war reduced the white male, mostly young adult, population by more than a quarter-million, unevening the sex ratio and connubial and other opportunities for women for perhaps a generation.