unequal (unekwal)

and n. I. a. 1. Not equal; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, quality, strength, talents, age, station, etc. To shape my legs of an unequal size. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., iii. 2. 159. 2. Inadequate; insufficient; inferior: as, his strength was unequal to the task. Atlas becomes unequal to his freight, And almost faints beneath the glowing weight. Add is on, tr. of Ovid's Meta morph., ii. The Day Unequal to the Godhead's Attributes Various, and Matter copious of your Songs. Prior, Second Hymn of Call i mach us. 3. Not balanced or matched; disproportioned; one-sided; hence, inequitable; unfair; unjust; partial. To punish me for what you make me do Seems much unequal. Shak . , A. and C., ii. 5. 101. We play unequal game, Whene'er we shoot by Fancy's aim! Scott , Rokeby, i. 31. 4. Not equable; not uniform; irregular: as, unequal pulsations. I have called him the most original and the most un equal of living poets. Stedman , Vict. Poets, p. 338. 5. Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical: thus, an unequal leaf is one in which the parenchyma is not developed symmetri une stablish cally on each side of the midrib or stalk. Also called oblique.-6. In entom., composed of parts or joints of different forms: as, unequal palpi or antenne. - Unequal surface, in entom., a surface having very slight and indeterminate elevations and depre ions. Unequal temperament. See temperament. -Unequal voices, in music, properly, voices of different quality or compa ; but the term is often used in the sense of mixed voices. - Unequal wings, in entom., wings of which the anterior pair are longer or shorter than the posterior, generally the former. II. n. One not equal to another in station, power, ability, age, or the like. Milton , P. L., vi. 453. [Rare.] unequal ablet (unof being equaled IMG:content-1357.png:[blocks in formation] Unequally yoked together. Unequally pinnate leaf. See pinnate. unequal ne (un-e'kwal-nes), n. The state of being unequal; inequality. Sir W. Temple , E ay on Poetry.