\Un*e"qual\, a. [Cf. {Inequal}.]
1. Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length,
   breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age,
   station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal
   length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank.
2. Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not
   equitable; partial; unjust; unfair.
         Against unequal arms to fight in pain. --Milton.
         Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his
         adversaries.                          --John
                                               Worthington.
         To punish me for what you make me do Seems much
         unequal.                              --Shak.
3. Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal
   pulsations; an unequal poem.
4. Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was
   unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the
   sudden strain.
5. (Bot.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.