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as in inconsistency
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as in imbalance
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Recent Examples of unevenness
The flaws shown against Newcastle United seven days earlier — an unevenness in width, pace and insertion — were even more striking in west London.
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
With Fields’ unevenness throughout training camp, the Jets may have to lean on their rushing attack to win games.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
Don’t worry about perfection here—the slight bumps and unevenness add to the charm.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2025
Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
With Fields’ unevenness throughout training camp, the Jets may have to lean on their rushing attack to win games.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
Don’t worry about perfection here—the slight bumps and unevenness add to the charm.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unevenness
Noun
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According to the company, real-world factors such as dynamic inconsistencies, sensor noise and latency, actuator delays and nonlinearities, and variable ground properties can cause strategies optimized in simulation to slip or destabilize in practice.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Detection is the biggest hurdle A significant factor in the inconsistency from state to state is that there is no standardized way to measure drug impairment as there is with blood alcohol content.—
Andrew Yockey,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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Researchers emphasize the urgent need for habitat restoration and monitoring to address the detrimental imbalances caused by the disaster.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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This deepening also has an index in the formal features of his poetry—the ambiguity of his pronouns, the firm particularity of his register of images—which teeters between the mundane and the epiphanic, and renders this imbalance itself into view.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The disparity was evident in the Eagles’ 40-22 win.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Anger has been brewing in the Himalayan nation for years about the country’s worsening youth unemployment and lack of economic opportunities, exacerbated by what many view as a growing disparity between the country’s elite and regular people.—
Sugam Pokharel,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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And the main driver of the inconsistences seems to be due to contractual obligations and profits.—
Jake Frederico,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Apr. 2023
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Very inconsistent with practices, which led to inconsistence with games.—
Percy Allen,
The Seattle Times,
31 July 2018
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Complex global challenges like climate change, social inequality and technological governance require diverse perspectives and ways of thinking.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Income inequality — or the gap between the highest and lowest earners — in the United States fell nationwide by nearly a half percent from 2023 to 2024, as median household income rose slightly, from $80,002 to $81,604.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Sure, other fates are possible, like direct collapse to a black hole or explosions through the pair-instability mechanism, but a core-collapse supernova (also known as a type II supernova) represents the fate of the majority of the most massive stars ever to be born.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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Founders cited financial stress and income instability as major concerns, with 68% uncertain about meeting payroll or personal expenses, leading to exhaustion.—
Samantha Dewalt,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The current Razorback defenders are well aware of the shortcomings in last year’s game.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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Does what Marsh or Kepler provide on defense outweigh the matchup shortcomings against a lefty pitcher?—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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That's something that the left has always done to great detriment to themselves and their movement.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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Its pace is slow — occasionally, but rarely, to its detriment — but this clearly deliberate tempo gives you the chance to shoulder the burdens of its oppressive atmosphere and settle into its many puzzles, which regularly trade logic for personal interpretation, and occasionally just vibes.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Unevenness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unevenness. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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