uneven

«uneven» in Mova's school dictionary: Not flat, smooth or level: an uneven path — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (uneven, more uneven, most uneven)

meaning for a pupil

1) Not flat, smooth or level: an uneven path. tree →

2) Not the same in size, amount or quality; not equal: uneven teams. tree →

3) (US, maths, informal) Odd, as in an uneven number (1, 3, 5…) — usually «odd» is the right word. tree →

4) Changing and not regular: uneven breathing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, «uneven ground» means you might trip — walk carefully. In maths, uneven groups or shares are not equal; splitting 7 sweets between 2 children gives an uneven share. In sport, an uneven match has one side much stronger. In stories, uneven breathing shows fear or illness.

examples

• Watch out — the pavement is uneven. tree →
• The teams were uneven, so the score was 10–0. tree →
• The table wobbles because the floor is uneven. tree →
• We had an uneven number of players, so one sat out. tree →
• Splitting 9 sweets between 2 gives an uneven share: 5 and 4. tree →
• His uneven handwriting was hard to read. tree →
• Her breathing was uneven after the race. tree →
• From side to side bounced the bundle on his back, as he ran light-footed over the uneven ground. tree →

note

Opposite: even, level, equal. In maths prefer «odd number» rather than «uneven number». Adverb: unevenly. «Uneven bars» is a gymnastics event.

In the corpora

• Glass is a solid; some old windows are thicker at the bottom because old glass panes were made uneven.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «uneven» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.