uneven

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adjective

1. not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture (Freq. 4)
- an uneven color
- uneven ground
- uneven margins
- wood with an uneven grain
• Ant:
even
• Similar to:
crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike,
curly-grained, cross-grained, wavy-grained, irregular, jagged, jaggy,
scraggy, lumpy, out of true, untrue, patchy, pebble-grained,
ragged, unparallel
• See Also:
rough, unsmooth, unsteady
• Derivationally related forms:
unevenness
• Attrubites:
evenness, invariability
2. (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents (Freq. 1)
- vaudeville...waged an uneven battle against the church
• Syn:
mismatched
• Similar to:
unequal
• Derivationally related forms:
unevenness
3. not divisible by two
• Syn:
odd
• Ant:
even (for: odd)
• Derivationally related forms:
oddness (for: odd)
4. variable and recurring at irregular intervals
- an uneven gait
- uneven spacing
• Similar to:
unsteady
5. lacking consistency
- the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty
• Syn:
spotty, scratchy
• Similar to:
inconsistent
• Derivationally related forms:
unevenness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  spotty, scratchy, odd, mismatched