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# unequal

«unequal» in Mova's school dictionary: **not the same in size, amount or value** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (unequal, more unequal); adverb unequally

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unequal means not the same in size, amount or value. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unequal/#m1)

2) Unequal also means not fair, when people are treated differently or have different chances. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unequal/#m2)

3) Unequal to a task means not good enough or strong enough for it (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unequal/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, unequal parts are not the same size; fractions need equal parts. In history and ethics, unequal treatment of people is unfair. Phrases: unequal parts, unequal shares, unequal treatment.

### examples

- The cake was cut into unequal pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unequal/#x1)
- Those two lines are unequal in length. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unequal/#x2)
- Fractions need equal parts, not unequal ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unequal/#x3)
- Long ago, women had unequal rights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unequal/#x4)
- It was an unequal fight between the giant and the boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unequal/#x5)
- He was unequal to the hard job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unequal/#x6)
- After you have eaten cut one of these apples in two unequal parts, and ask him to take one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unequal/#x7)

### note

Prefix un- + equal. In maths the symbol ≠ means «is not equal to». Halves must be equal parts; unequal pieces are not halves.

### In the corpora

- [O house of Israel, is it My ways that are not equal? is it not your ways that are unequal?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.435/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unequal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unequal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.