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uneven
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)
- Not even
- Not level or smooth
- Not uniform
- Varying in quality
- (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)
- (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.
- 1993, Travel Holiday (volume 176, page 56)
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irregularity
English
Etymology
From Middle French irrégularité, from Medieval Latin irregularitas
Morphologically irregular +? -ity
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.?r?.?j?.?læ.r?.ti/
Noun
irregularity (countable and uncountable, plural irregularities)
- (countable) An instance of being irregular.
- (uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
- (countable) An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
- an irregularity of surface
- (countable) A violation of rules.
- An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud.
- (euphemistic) Irregular bowel movement (e.g. diarrhea or constipation).
Synonyms
- (state of being irregular): See also Thesaurus:nonuniformity
Antonyms
- regularity
Related terms
- irregular
Translations
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