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Word entry · 6 letters

uneven

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"Not level"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ʌnˈivən/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eennuvStarts with UEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Not level, regular, equal, or consistent.

Word origin

From Middle English uneven, from Old English unefen (“unequal, unlike, dissimilar, diverse, irregular”), equivalent to un- + even. Cognate with Dutch oneven (“unequal, uneven, odd”), German uneben (“uneven, rough, irregular, bumpy”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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