Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unequal; unjust.
- In entomology, covered with irregular elevations and depressions: said of a surface
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Unequal; uneven; various.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
equal .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It may be well to explain the word "inequal" in the lines --
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No one has ever come up with any other way the law will be implemented in practice, and just as everyone knows separate but equal means separate and very-inequal, everyone knows there is no crackdown coming on Irish illegal immigrants in Tucson.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kobach on Arizona’s Immigration Law 2010
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What is missing here is the elephant (in more senses than one) in the room: like “separate but equal” was only worth having as long as the implementation was separate and very-inequal, despite the anti-profiling window dressing, the only practical value in this law is in pretextual interrogation of Hispanic-origin Arizonans, legally here vel non.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Arizona Immigration Law Preempted? 2010
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The current system is just slighlty less than a blank check, and is arguably a workable but inequal balance of civil rights and governmental interest.
The Volokh Conspiracy » When a Police Officer Pulls Over a Law Student 2010
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No one has ever come up with any other way the law will be implemented in practice, and just as everyone knows separate but equal means separate and very-inequal, everyone knows there is no crackdown coming on Irish illegal immigrants in Tucson.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kobach on Arizona’s Immigration Law 2010
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No one has ever come up with any other way the law will be implemented in practice, and just as everyone knows separate but equal means separate and very-inequal, everyone knows there is no crackdown coming on Irish illegal immigrants in Tucson.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kobach on Arizona’s Immigration Law 2010
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The current system is just slighlty less than a blank check, and is arguably a workable but inequal balance of civil rights and governmental interest.
The Volokh Conspiracy » When a Police Officer Pulls Over a Law Student 2010
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Also, often group lines were ruined by inequal spacing - that could be because I was sitting offcentre to the stage.
pausing for breath girliejones 2010
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What is missing here is the elephant in more senses than one in the room: like “separate but equal” was only worth having as long as the implementation was separate and very-inequal, despite the anti-profiling window dressing, the only practical value in this law is in pretextual interrogation of Hispanic-origin Arizonans, legally here vel non.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Arizona Immigration Law Preempted? 2010
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No one has ever come up with any other way the law will be implemented in practice, and just as everyone knows separate but equal means separate and very-inequal, everyone knows there is no crackdown coming on Irish illegal immigrants in Tucson.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kobach on Arizona’s Immigration Law 2010
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