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  • adjective Obsolete spelling of unequal.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ equall

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Examples

  • The dirty little secret is that MEXICO has 10 or 12 billionaires that control a large majority of the nation's economy outright creating an unequall wealth distribution situation surpassed by very few developing nations on earth.

    WalMart, SchmalMart 2004

  • In such unequall choyses, Parents commonly are more blamewoorthy, then any imputation, to bee layde on the young Women, who gladdely would enjoy such as in heart they have elected: but that their Parents, looking through the glasse of greedie lucre, doe overthrow both their owne hopes, and the faire fortunes of their children together.

    The Decameron 2004

  • This benefite of familiar conference, beganne to embolden his hopes, elevate his courage, and make him seeme more youthfull in his owne opinion, then any ability of body could speake unto him, or promise him in the possession of her, who was so farre beyond him, and so unequall to be enjoyed by him; yet to advance his hopes

    The Decameron 2004

  • Grace and his freindis at all the three jornayes, wes to thame a great conforte, and unto us a great discorage; for his name and authoritie did more effray and astonise us, then did the force of the other; yea, without his assistance, thei could not have compelled us to appoint with the Quene upoun so unequall conditionis.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • In one of the two charming letters which are preserved as written during his courtship to her, he refers to some "unequall conflicte" which she had to bear.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Various

  • I am of opinion that verily it is an unequall comparison; yet can I hardly assure my selfe in this opinion whensoever I finde my selfe entangled in some notable passage of Lucretius.

    Of Bookes. 1909

  • The numbers were vastly unequall, and the attack seem'd very dangerous; so My Lord George declin'd giving orders to such time as he ask'd Mons. de Cluny's oppinion.

    The Waverley 1877

  • My Spiritts, alsoe, were soe unequall, that the Boys took Notice of it, and it seemed as though I coulde breathe nowhere but out of Doors; so the Children and I had a rare Game of Play in the Home-close; but ever and anon I kept looking towards the

    Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary Anne Manning 1843

  • My Spiritts have been most unequall; and this Evening I was overtaken with a suddain Faintnesse, such as I never but once before experienced.

    Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary Anne Manning 1843

  • The numbers were vastly unequall, and the attack seem'd very dangerous; so my Lord George declin'd giving orders to such time as he ask'd Mons. de Cluny's oppinion.

    Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801

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