Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not equable; not uniform; changeable; fitful: as, an inequable climate or temper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Unequable.
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- adjective Not
equable ; unequable.
Etymologies
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Examples
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If relationships are abusive or largely inequable, it may be impossible for the less aroused partner to be in control or to be able to stop when he/she wishes to.
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Relative, apparent and common time, is some sensible measure of absolute time (duration), estimated by the motions of bodies, whether accurate or inequable, and is commonly employed in place of true time; ...
TIME MILI�� ��APEK 1968
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The dirt, the poverty, the rancid oil, and the inequable climate of Calabria must have been a trial and something of a disappointment to him.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories George Gissing 1880
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The beast either deemed the burden inequable and unjust (for the Arabian camel, like the Peruvian llama, has a very acute perception of fair play in this respect) or a fit of caprice had entered its mulish head.
The Boy Slaves Mayne Reid 1850
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