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English

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extraordinarilyuneven road surface

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishuneven, fromOld Englishunefen(unequal, unlike, dissimilar, diverse, irregular), equivalent toun- +‎even. Cognate withDutchoneven(unequal, uneven, odd),Germanuneben(uneven, rough, irregular, bumpy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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uneven (comparativemoreuneven,superlativemostuneven)

  1. (about surface) noteven; covered with raised spots, pits and grooves
  2. Notlevel orsmooth
  3. Notuniform
    • 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, inRAIL, number971, page79:
      I've spent hours on overcrowded trains, and time on ones which were almost empty, because the recovery [from COVID] has beenuneven.
  4. Varying inquality
    • 2006 October 5, Leslie Feinberg, “Early left-wing liberation: 'Unity with all the oppressed'”, inWorkers World[1]:
      Even white activists who lacked a thoroughgoing anti-racist consciousness or wereuneven in their understanding saw unity in the struggle against all forms of oppression as key.
  5. (mathematics, rare)Odd
    Antonym:even

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Derived terms

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Translations

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(about surface) not even
not level or smooth
not uniform
varying in quality
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Verb

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uneven (third-person singular simple presentunevens,present participleunevening,simple past and past participleunevened)

  1. (transitive) To make uneven.
    • 1993,Travel Holiday, volume176, page56:
      Initially it nestled among the dozens of Indian mounds thatunevened the earth near the river until they were leveled to accommodate commerce.
    • 2006, Jack Temple Kirby,Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South, page128:
      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.
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