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adjective

Uneven adj.

Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground.

Not equal; not of equal length. "Hebrew verse consists of uneven feet."

Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; said of numbers; as, 3, 7, and 11 are uneven numbers.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Uneven" Quotes from Famous Books

... old people, Mrs. Prettyman was too much moved to speak. Her face worked all over, and then slow tears began to run down her furrowed cheeks. She got up from her chair and walked across the uneven floor, ...

— Robinetta • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... the canoe high up the shelving shore, and then he helped Kate to get out. It was not an easy job, for she could see nothing and floundered terribly; but he seemed to like it, and half led, half carried her over a considerable space of uneven ground, until he came to the door of a small house, where stood an ...

— Kate Bonnet - The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter • Frank R. Stockton

... opinion between various commentators. He was a man of warm, impulsive nature, whose playing was distinguished by great boldness in the execution of technical difficulties of the most hazardous nature. His tone had a peculiar charm, and at the same time his fiery, impetuous nature and uneven disposition led to certain occasional errors in technique and faulty intonation. Nevertheless, he was one of the most welcome performers in the concert halls of Europe for a number of years. He was a thorough musician and a good ...

— Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday • Henry C. Lahee

... with the clinometer, for setting the gun for elevation independent of the sight arc, and an ordinary spirit-level to place on gun trail to tell which way the wheels or carriage of the gun are inclined on uneven ground (so altering the deflection scale), might in my opinion be supplied to every Naval ...

— With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) - Journal of Active Service • Charles Richard Newdigate Burne

... with Sir W. Pen, who fell in talk about his going to sea this year, and the difficulties that arise to him by it, by giving offence to the Prince, and occasioning envy to him, and many other things that make it a bad matter, at this time of want of money and necessaries, and bad and uneven counsels at home,—for him to go abroad: and did tell me how much with the King and Duke of York he had endeavoured to be excused, desiring the Prince might be satisfied in it, who hath a mind to go; but he tells me they will not excuse him, and I believe it, and truly do judge ...

— Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete • Samuel Pepys

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