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unevenness

noun — 3 senses

unevenness

noun

Etymology From Middle English unevennesse, equivalent to uneven + -ness.

1

The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity.

  • The unevenness of his voice betrayed his nervousness.
2

The result or product of being uneven.

3

A rough or uneven thing.

  • His chinne, a thorny hairy unevennesse, / Doth threaten, and some daily change possesse.1633, John Donne, Sapho to Philænis:

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