Un*e"qual (?), a. [Cf. Inequal.]
1. Not equal; not matched; not of the same size,
length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station,
or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and
commoners are unequal in rank.
2. Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence,
not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair.
Against unequal arms to fight in pain.
Milton.
Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his
adversaries.
John Worthington.
To punish me for what you make me do
Seems much unequal.
Shak.
3. Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as,
unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.
4. Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the
man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to
the sudden strain.
5. (Bot.) Not having the two sides or the
parts symmetrical.