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uneven
What does uneven mean?
uneven (adjective): not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use uneven in a sentence?
- An uneven color. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce uneven?
/əˈnivən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does uneven come from?
From Middle English uneven, from Old English unefen (“unequal, unlike, dissimilar, diverse, irregular”), equivalent to un- + even.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of uneven?
Words related to uneven
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “uneven” mean?
of, facing, situated in, or related to the west
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not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture
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of, facing, situated in, or related to the east
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far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
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