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In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.

Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.

mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion. Absolute equation. See under Absolute. -- Equation box, or Equational box, a system of differential gearing used in spinning machines for regulating the twist of the yarn. It resembles gearing used in equation clo…

Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.

Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.

bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus.

An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. Swift.

Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth. Cf. Epinastic.

nt; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure. The most unjust and impolitic of all things, unequal taxation. Burke.

Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc. Dryden. -- In*ad"e*quate*ly, adv. -- In*ad"e*quate*ness, n.

Not approachable; unapproachable; inaccessible; unequaled. -- In`ap*proach"a*bly, adv.

Not exhibiting uniformity of sentiment, steadiness to principle, etc.; unequal; fickle; changeable. Ah, how unjust to nature, and himself, Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man. Young.

Unequal; uneven; various. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc. There is so great an inequality in the length of our legs and arms as makes it…

Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal-sided.

Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.

Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.

Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip.

s having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug.

n abiding place; to consist; -- with in. Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances. Collier. He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen. Locke.