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
If someone is unequal to a task they have to do, they do not have the abilities needed to do it well. He felt unequal to the job and wished there were someone he could go to for advice
An unequal system or situation is unfair because it gives more power or privileges to one person or group of people than to others. This country still had a deeply oppressive, unequal and divisive political system. the unequal power relationships between men and women. unequal pay. + unequally un·equal·ly unequally distributed assets The victims were treated unequally