Unevened

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not balanced or made equal in measure, distribution, or appearance; lacking uniformity or smoothness across a surface or amount; not adjusted to create equity or fairness
2. Describing a state where elements are not aligned in level or quantity, resulting in irregularity or disparity; not made consistent or fair through correction or leveling; presenting inconsistencies in texture or proportion
3. Indicating a condition of inequity or imbalance in size, shape, or quantity; not smoothed or standardized to an even level; showing variation and lack of adjustment toward equality or stability

Etymology: "Unevened" is the simple past and past participle of "uneven", so its history is that of the verb-form built on the adjective. The adjective goes back to Old English "unefen", meaning "unequal, unlike, dissimilar, diverse, irregular", formed from the prefix "un-" ("not") and "efen" ("even", meaning level or equal). The same pattern appears in Dutch "oneven", meaning "unequal" or "odd", and German "uneben", meaning "rough" or "bumpy", showing that the sense of lacking evenness in a surface and in an amount has deep roots across the Germanic languages.

Synonyms: unleveled, unequal, irregular, bumpy, rough

Antonyms: evened, leveled, smooth, flat, regular