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# unevenness

noun (unevenness — uncountable)

«unevenness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unevenness is the state of not being flat, smooth or level, like bumps on a road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenness/#m1)
2. Unevenness is also the state of not being equal or regular, like uneven sharing or uneven quality. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenness/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and DT: the unevenness of a surface affects friction and how things roll. In maths and fairness talk: unevenness in groups or shares. In everyday talk: unevenness in someone's work means it is good in parts and weak in parts.

### Examples

- The unevenness of the path made me trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenness/#x1)
- We sanded the wood to remove the unevenness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenness/#x2)
- The teacher noticed the unevenness of the teams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenness/#x3)
- The unevenness of the pavement is dangerous for prams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenness/#x4)
- There was some unevenness in her handwriting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenness/#x5)
- Unevenness in the floor made the marble roll to one corner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenness/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. From «uneven» + «-ness»; note «nn». In maths, an uneven number usually means an odd number, but «unevenness» is not used about odd numbers.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unevenness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unevenness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unevenness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unevenness.html) on Mova free.