unequally

adverb

Definition of unequallynext
as in differently

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Recent Examples of unequally In Houston, cost-of-living concerns were more unequally felt than in Chicago. — Maliya Ellis, Houston Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026 But its outputs can still produce what researchers call disparate impact – unequal harm, distributed unequally. — Pragati Awasthi, The Conversation, 26 May 2026 Other benefits — like health insurance or leave policies — are also unequally distributed. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025 The plaintiffs’ claimed that the map violates the First Amendment by disenfranchising some voters and treating them unequally due to their race and viewpoint. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unequally
  1. differently
  2. diversely
  3. otherwise
  4. unevenly
  5. variously
Adverb
  • Put differently, the question is not simply how many people exist.
    — Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Panicked shoppers started looking at their backyards differently.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of differently
Adverb
  • My goal for the latter part of the year is to read more diversely by publisher.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Pickup Soccer Kansas City, or Soccer KC, provides adults with a group with which to enjoy the game diversely.
    — Zuri Primos June 8, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
Definition of diversely
Adverb
  • El Niño is expected to prolong an existing unrelated marine heat wave that would otherwise typically start fading between October and December, scientists say.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • On a recent Trilith Studios tour in Fayetteville, the trolley drove outside the studio gates into an otherwise unremarkable open field filled with tall grass and wildflowers.
    — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of otherwise
Adverb
  • The pipes fill unevenly, in bursts, timed to tax law and market peaks rather than to need.
    — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Thomson sprinkles critique throughout his book like seasoning unevenly applied to a gamey piece of meat.
    — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of unevenly
Adverb
  • Polls have, variously, shown Schlossberg leading at twenty-two per cent, then trailing at eleven per cent; Lasher at twenty-two and at fourteen.
    — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • In Homer’s Odyssey divine intervention powers Odysseus’s picaresque adventures, variously enabling and impeding his progress home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 June 2026
Definition of variously

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“Unequally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unequally. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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