Meaning

Of a surface, not even; covered with raised spots, pits and grooves..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of a surface, not even; covered with raised spots, pits and grooves.
2. Not level or smooth.
3. Not uniform.
4. Varying in quality.
5. (mathematics, rare) Odd.
6. (transitive) To make uneven.

Example Sentences

I've spent hours on overcrowded trains, and time on ones which were almost empty, because the recovery [from COVID] has been uneven.

Even white activists who lacked a thoroughgoing anti-racist consciousness or were uneven in their understanding saw unity in the struggle against all forms of oppression as key.

Initially it nestled among the dozens of Indian mounds that unevened the earth near the river until they were leveled to accommodate commerce.

First, of course, the war reduced the white male, mostly young adult, population by more than a quarter-million, unevening the sex ratio and connubial and other opportunities for women for perhaps a generation.

Word Forms

• more uneven
• most uneven
• unevens
• unevening
• unevened

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When Should You Use Uneven?

Use uneven when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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