unequally

adverb

Definition of unequallynext
as in differently

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Recent Examples of unequally In their view, being equal means that people are the same in all ways that matter legally; policies built on group differences must therefore be rejected as treating people unequally before the law. — Teresa M. Bejan, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026 Federal Aviation Administration rules bar cities from treating airlines unequally, and the council's action put $90 million in federal grant funding in jeopardy, according to one council member. — Brian Maass, CBS News, 26 June 2026 But its outputs can still produce what researchers call disparate impact – unequal harm, distributed unequally. — Pragati Awasthi, The Conversation, 26 May 2026 This means that changes in fertilizer prices affect different crop prices unequally, with corn being disproportionately impacted. — E.j. Antoni, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026 It was built by generations of people, often unequally rewarded and unequally remembered, who carried the nation forward together. — John Hope Bryant, Time, 28 Mar. 2026 Russia’s mobilization is unequally distributed. — Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026 In Houston, cost-of-living concerns were more unequally felt than in Chicago. — Maliya Ellis, Houston Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026 Other benefits — like health insurance or leave policies — are also unequally distributed. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unequally
  1. differently
  2. diversely
  3. otherwise
  4. unevenly
  5. variously
Adverb
  • Sure, that’s a special case that could’ve gone very differently, but Ferrari’s different car performance case in 2026 is the bigger factor here.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • What do third-party organizations do differently than public school leadership?
    — Samuel O’Neal September 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of differently
Adverb
  • Five rounds of testing accumulated more than 18,000 miles in order to land on a solution for diversely challenging terrain, including wet rock and wet dirt.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • My goal for the latter part of the year is to read more diversely by publisher.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Definition of diversely
Adverb
  • Iowa State’s 13-10 win last year in Ames damaged Iowa’s CFP opportunities, which would otherwise have been alive into mid-November.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The 6-foot, 222-pound junior found the end zone twice and rushed for 266 yards against FSU, the most in the long-standing series, for a bright spot to cap an otherwise dismal 2025.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of otherwise
Adverb
  • Still, the 2021 GAO investigation found that the protections were unevenly understood and applied.
    — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
  • After the big changes of 2023, initial progress came unevenly.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of unevenly
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  • Such questions, in fact, may not be the right ones to ask about the man variously described as a teacher, philosopher, maverick mystic, and enlightened person.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Reddington variously asked the judge either to remove the holdout and replace him with an alternate or to order the jury to continue deliberating.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of variously

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“Unequally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unequally. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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