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Adjective: unequal  ,ún'ee-kwul
  1. Poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
    - one-sided
     
  2. 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