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Webster 1828 Edition


Unevenness

UNE'VENNESS

, n.
1.
Surface not level; inequality of surface; as the unevenness of ground or of roads.
2.
Turbulence; change; want of uniformity; as the unevenness of king Edward's reign. [Unusual.]
3.
Want of uniformity; as unevenness of temper.
4.
Want of smoothness.

Definition 2024


unevenness

unevenness

English

Noun

unevenness (countable and uncountable, plural unevennesses)

  1. (uncountable) The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity.
    The unevenness of his voice betrayed his nervousness.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being uneven.
  3. A rough or uneven thing.
    • 1633, John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":
      His chinne, a thorny hairy unevennesse, / Doth threaten, and some daily change possesse.