"unevenness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-unevenness.ogg [US] Forms: unevennesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English unevennesse, equivalent to uneven + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unevennesse}} Middle English unevennesse, {{suffix|en|uneven|ness}} uneven + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} unevenness (countable and uncountable, plural unevennesses)
  1. (uncountable) The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity. Tags: uncountable Translations (quality): epätasaisuus (Finnish), ujevnhet (Norwegian Bokmål), ujamnhet (Norwegian Bokmål), desnível [masculine] (Portuguese), desnivelamento [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-unevenness-en-noun-c6gv~pTp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 23 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 77 14 9 Disambiguation of 'quality': 98 2 0
  2. (countable) The result or product of being uneven. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-unevenness-en-noun-LnLUef03
  3. A rough or uneven thing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-unevenness-en-noun-7eKsGil6

Inflected forms

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