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UNEVENNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being unbalanced
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unevenness" is a kind of...):
inequality (lack of equality)
Antonym:
evenness (the quality of being balanced)
Derivation:
uneven ((of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity
Synonyms:
unevenness; variability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unevenness" is a kind of...):
irregularity; unregularity (not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unevenness"):
rockiness (the quality of abounding in rocks and stones)
ruggedness (the quality of being topologically uneven)
jaggedness (something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface)
patchiness (unevenness in quality or performance)
waviness (unevenness produced by waves or wrinkles)
Antonym:
evenness (a quality of uniformity and lack of variation)
Derivation:
uneven (lacking consistency)
uneven (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture)
