UNEVENLY Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

unevenly

adverb

Definition of unevenly

as in unequally

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Recent Examples of unevenly The decline in applications was unevenly distributed across institutions, with data suggesting a larger cushion for the most competitive universities than for those with a lower global profile. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 Microwaving heats butter unevenly, causing some areas to melt while others remain too cold. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2026 When those institutions apply standards unevenly, founders spend scarce resources fighting for the right to perform ordinary business functions. — Rachel Braun Scherl, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 But ProPublica found that Fidelity and DAFgiving360 appeared to apply their policies unevenly. — Ellis Simani, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2026 Under an alternating electric field, particles of different sizes started interacting unevenly. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026 German arms-makers are expanding production, and defense budgets are rising across the Continent, if unevenly. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Overfussing with muffin batter often results in dry and unevenly baked muffins, studded with holes, according to experts at Quaker. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2026 When the sign was illuminated Thursday, part of one side displayed a purple strip and appeared unevenly lit. — Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 7 Aug. 2026

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In their view, being equal means that people are the same in all ways that matter legally; policies built on group differences must therefore be rejected as treating people unequally before the law.

— Teresa M. Bejan, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Federal Aviation Administration rules bar cities from treating airlines unequally, and the council's action put $90 million in federal grant funding in jeopardy, according to one council member.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Definition of unequally

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The industry that changed The warning lands differently because the Treasury market Bessent is managing is not the one that financed America’s deficits when Druckenmiller and Soros were building their reputations.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
In short, what scientists discovered in the 1960s was that different bodies process milk differently.

— Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

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