Meanings
plural unevennesses
- uncountableThe quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity.
The unevenness of his voice betrayed his nervousness.
- countableThe result or product of being uneven.
- countableuncountableA rough or uneven thing.
His chinne, a thorny hairy unevennesse, / Doth threaten, and some daily change possesse.
1633, John Donne, Sapho to Philænis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishunevennesse
- Englishunevenness
From Middle English unevennesse, equivalent to uneven + -ness.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish epätasaisuus
- epätasaisuusquality
Norwegian Bokmål ujevnhet, ujamnhet
- ujevnhetquality
- ujamnhetquality
Portuguese desnível, desnivelamento
- desnívelquality
- desnivelamentoquality
Spanish desnivel, desnivelación
- desnivelquality
- desnivelaciónresult
Cite this entry
unevenness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unevenness
“unevenness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unevenness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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