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# uneven

«uneven» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not flat, smooth or level: an uneven path** — 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 (uneven, more uneven, most uneven)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not flat, smooth or level: an uneven path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneven/#m1)

2) Not the same in size, amount or quality; not equal: uneven teams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneven/#m2)

3) (US, maths, informal) Odd, as in an uneven number (1, 3, 5…) — usually «odd» is the right word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneven/#m3)

4) Changing and not regular: uneven breathing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneven/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, «uneven ground» means you might trip — walk carefully. In maths, uneven groups or shares are not equal; splitting 7 sweets between 2 children gives an uneven share. In sport, an uneven match has one side much stronger. In stories, uneven breathing shows fear or illness.

### examples

- Watch out — the pavement is uneven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneven/#x1)
- The teams were uneven, so the score was 10–0. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneven/#x2)
- The table wobbles because the floor is uneven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneven/#x3)
- We had an uneven number of players, so one sat out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneven/#x4)
- Splitting 9 sweets between 2 gives an uneven share: 5 and 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneven/#x5)
- His uneven handwriting was hard to read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneven/#x6)
- Her breathing was uneven after the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneven/#x7)
- From side to side bounced the bundle on his back, as he ran light-footed over the uneven ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneven/#x8)

### note

Opposite: even, level, equal. In maths prefer «odd number» rather than «uneven number». Adverb: unevenly. «Uneven bars» is a gymnastics event.

### In the corpora

- [Glass is a solid; some old windows are thicker at the bottom because old glass panes were made uneven.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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