Meaning of unequal in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Qualitative Adjective

    unequal

    Definitions

    1. not equal in amount

    Examples

    • « they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities »

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  2. 2. poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure

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Famous quotes

  • « I cannot understand how the education of this United States of America has been fooled time and time again. Either make it separate but equal or integrate, therefore it will be equal. And it has been separate and unequal. »
    Bill Cosby
  • « I should like to suggest to you that the cause of all the economic troubles is that we have an economic system which tries to maintain an equality of value between two things, which it would be better to recognise from the beginning as of unequal value. »
    Paul Dirac
  • « Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal. »
    Will Durant
  • « Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also. »
    Marcus Aurelius
  • « What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power. »
    Henry George

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