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uneven
CEFRB1
/ʌnˈivən/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Not level, smooth, equal, or regular.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailNot level or smooth.
Examples
Tom rolled his ankle on some uneven ground.
The ground was very uneven.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
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- 5
- Parts of speech
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- Citations
- 4
- Synonyms
- 1
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsNot uniform.
Of a surface, not even; covered with raised spots, pits and grooves.
Varying in quality.
More examples
In contextI'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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Origin
adjective
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”).