a. [ Cf. Inequal. ] 1. Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair. [ 1913 Webster ]

Against unequal arms to fight in pain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his adversaries. John Worthington. [ 1913 Webster ]

To punish me for what you make me do
Seems much unequal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Bot.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness. [ Written also unequalled. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an unequal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unequally pinnate (Bot.), pinnate, but with an odd number of leaflets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]