unevenly
/ʌnˈiːv(ə)nli
/adverb
1In a manner that is not regular or consistent: a staircase with unevenly spaced steps Milo was lying on his back, breathing unevenly...
- With leather, which takes on colouring as unevenly as human skin takes on a suntan, the odds are even worse.
- In the past, vendors were hesitant to sell low-profit milk in machines that were unevenly refrigerated.
- The sheet of colored Plexiglas is unevenly spray-painted with an evanescent grey.
1.1In a way that is not equally balanced or distributed: opportunities were unevenly spread around the country unevenly matched opponents the groups were unevenly sized...
- Organizational practices tend to diffuse unevenly throughout the world.
- His theories had greatly influenced the thinking of American economists, but his theory of interest was received unevenly.
- Rewards are distributed unevenly, especially in our networked world.
2In a way that is not level or smooth: the former front garden has been unevenly concreted...
- The paperback cover is unevenly laminated to imitate broken glass, but so convincingly that the book looks damaged.
- On the carpet opposite the turquoise walls, three massive blocks of unevenly cut styrofoam were supported by spindly two-by-fours.
- Dense stone debris pitted the clay floor, which extends unevenly over the bedrock.