An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
UNEQUAL
inadequate, unequal
(adjective) lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; “inadequate training”; “the staff was inadequate”; “she was unequal to the task”
unequal
(adjective) poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unequal (comparative more unequal, superlative most unequal)
Not the same.
Out of balance.
(comparable) Inadequate; insufficiently capable or qualified.
Noun
unequal (plural unequals)
One who is not an equal.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*e"qual, a. Etym: [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.)
Definition: Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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