uneven
There is an unevenness to the quality of the chapters.
On this occasion, there's a huge unevenness in the performances.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Quite good, or not very good
acceptable
acceptably
adequacy
adequate
adequately
goodish
government
half decent
iffy
impure
passable
passably
patchily
patchiness
patchy
scratch
spotty
the/your average bearidiom
up to scratchidiom
weedy

Examples of unevenness

unevenness
Ceilings are made of plasterboard so as to allow space for service installations, to hide structural unevenness or to further model the interior space.
Particularly, in addition to the difficulty of making a perfectly conical shape for smaller feelers, the influence of surface unevenness on the feelers' dimensions increases.
Although evident throughout the century, the unevenness of this system manifested distinctive characteristics at various moments and in various parts of the empire.
I am always delighted when his poems catch the ' ' unevenness ' ' of the flow of day.
The data were sampled at 45-deg intervals, both in position and direction, hence one expects some unevenness in the angle distributions.
The application's unevenness is blamed on financial constraints.
There is an inevitable unevenness in quality in the book as a whole, and some overlap between certain chapters.
That fact alone creates a certain unevenness in any comparison or contrast.
Aside from the unevenness noted above, most of the selections seem quite reasonable, with only a few exceptions.
In a large collection there is always some unevenness in the quality of the contributions, as is the case here.
The wealth of new approaches combined with the breadth and complexity of the subject matter produce some unevenness in the overall coverage.
With such a vast terrain, it is a slight criticism that these bold and courageous authors have allowed themselves a little unevenness.
They conclude that it is good politics (it sustains public support) but have concerns about the unevenness of provision.
My second proposition is this: that the effects of this unevenness run in both directions.
While some regions became markets for labour, others became suppliers of labour because of the unevenness in the impact of capitalist development.
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