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Meanings of unequal in English

Catalan
inadequat
Spanish
inadecuado

Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task.

      inadequat

      Poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure.

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                Usage of unequal in English
                1
                Latin government actions seen to redress unequal treatment tend to draw applause.
                Reuters
                2
                Britain has become a more unequal country since Labour came to power.
                The Guardian
                3
                Mbembe's assessment comes within the backdrop of an increasingly unequal South Africa.
                The Guardian
                4
                The unequal burden of violence is also marked by intense racial disparities.
                The Guardian
                5
                That placed us among the five most unequal countries in the world.
                The South African
                6
                Seven of the 20 most unequal countries in the world are African.
                The South African
                7
                But some accolades have probably come too early, reflecting China's unequal development.
                Reuters
                8
                This is the like most unequal time in America in 100 years.
                Wired
                9
                They were more disturbed, more unequal, than she had often seen them.
                Pride and Prejudice
                10
                The unequal division of property has frequently served them in this case.
                An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of ...
                11
                I may always be unequal, but I believe I can do better.
                Seraphina
                12
                These also were unequal in their rotation, but in a contrary manner.
                The Commonwealth of Oceana
                13
                And meanwhile the unequal race was already drawing to its inevitable close.
                Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 1, 1914
                14
                He roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step.
                Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
                15
                But think of the inequality created by the unequal funding in 1966.
                The South African
                16
                Gradually, after ancient times had passed, this unequal dividing of hours faded.
                The Irish Times
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                Translations for unequal
                Catalan
                inadequat
                Unequal through the time
                Unequal across language varieties
                South Africa
                Common
                United Kingdom
                Common
                Ireland
                Less common
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