UNEQUALLY Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

unequally

adverb

Definition of unequally

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

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In an alternate universe, one without the stakes and the frenzy bubbling in the distance, Skubal might have gone about things differently.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Even when data is technically visible across the organization, teams may interpret and act on it very differently from one another.

— Seema Phull, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of differently

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The process helped nominees introduce their businesses, music, organizations and services to people who might not otherwise know about their work.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
Finally, the third recruits seaweed to gather minerals that are otherwise too dilute to chase.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026

Definition of otherwise

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She was variously reported to have been between eighty-six and eighty-eight.

— News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026
Top universities are missing middle-class students College aid officials talk a lot these days about a demographic phenomenon variously called the missing middle, the doughnut or the barbell.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 8 July 2026

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