unequal
part of speech
adjective (unequal, more unequal); adverb unequally
meaning for a pupil
1) Unequal means not the same in size, amount or value. tree →
2) Unequal also means not fair, when people are treated differently or have different chances. tree →
3) Unequal to a task means not good enough or strong enough for it (formal). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Ezekiel it means unfair or unjust. The people accuse God of being unfair, and God says it is their ways that are unfair. Interpretation: Tradition reads this chapter as teaching that each person is responsible for his own deeds and that God judges fairly. Return and repentance are always possible. In the primary lessons: In maths, unequal parts are not the same size; fractions need equal parts. In history and ethics, unequal treatment of people is unfair. Phrases: unequal parts, unequal shares, unequal treatment.
examples
- O house of Israel, is it My ways that are not equal? is it not your ways that are unequal? (Prophets EZK.18.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is not equal? is it not your ways that are unequal? (Prophets EZK.18.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- The cake was cut into unequal pieces. tree →
- Those two lines are unequal in length. tree →
- Fractions need equal parts, not unequal ones. tree →
- Long ago, women had unequal rights. tree →
- It was an unequal fight between the giant and the boy. tree →
- He was unequal to the hard job. tree →
- After you have eaten cut one of these apples in two unequal parts, and ask him to take one. tree →
note
Prefix un- + equal. In maths the symbol ≠ means «is not equal to». Halves must be equal parts; unequal pieces are not halves.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «unequal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.