unequal, unequall

& 8. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. equal.] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: *1. Unjust, unfair, iniquitous. (In this sense a translation of Lat. iniquus , from in- = not, and æquus equal, fair, just.) "Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal ?" Ezekiel xviii. 25. 2. Not equal; not of the same size, length, breadth, width, thickne , volume, quantity, strength, sta tion, or the like. 3. Inadequate, insufficient. "To that danger his fortitude proved unequal ."- Macau lay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xxi. *4. Not equable, not uniform; unequal; as, un equal pulsations. II. Bot .: Not having the two sides symmetrical, as the leaf of Begonia. Applied specially to sepals and petals of unequal size and shape. In describing a corolla, equal and unequal have sometimes been substituted for regular and irregular. B. As subst.: One not equal to another in station, power, ability, age, or the like. "Among unequals , what society?" Milton: P. L. , viii. 383. unequal-sided, a. The same as UNEQUAL and OBLIQUE (q. v.). unequal-voices, s. pl. Music: Voices of mixed qualities, those of women combined with those of men. *un-e-qual-a-ble, a. [Prefix un- (1); English equal, and suff. -able .] Not able to be equaled; not capable of being equaled, matched, or paralleled; matchle , peerle . "Whose love to God is questionle , filial, and un equal able." Boyle. Works , i. 282.