Adjective: unequal ,ún'ee-kwul
- Poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
"The unequal distribution of resources led to social unrest";
- one-sided
- Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
"she was unequal to the task";
- inadequate
See also: adequacy, adequateness, anisometric, deficient, equality, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, lacking, mismatched, nonequivalent, odds-on, short-handed, short-staffed, unbalanced, undermanned, understaffed, unequal to, unequalised [Brit], unequalized, uneven, unsatisfactory, unsymmetrical, wanting
Antonym: equal
Encyclopedia: Unequal