unevenness

«unevenness» in Mova's school dictionary: the state of not being flat, smooth or level, like bumps… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (unevenness — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Unevenness is the state of not being flat, smooth or level, like bumps on a road. tree →

2) Unevenness is also the state of not being equal or regular, like uneven sharing or uneven quality. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and DT: the unevenness of a surface affects friction and how things roll. In maths and fairness talk: unevenness in groups or shares. In everyday talk: unevenness in someone's work means it is good in parts and weak in parts.

examples

• The unevenness of the path made me trip. tree →
• We sanded the wood to remove the unevenness. tree →
• The teacher noticed the unevenness of the teams. tree →
• The unevenness of the pavement is dangerous for prams. tree →
• There was some unevenness in her handwriting. tree →
• Unevenness in the floor made the marble roll to one corner. tree →

note

Uncountable. From «uneven» + «-ness»; note «nn». In maths, an uneven number usually means an odd number, but «unevenness» is not used about odd numbers.

Trees and pragmatics

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