nonequivalent

1. 1.

   not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance

   Similarunequal

Questions about nonequivalent

What does nonequivalent mean?

nonequivalent means "not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance".

How many syllables are in nonequivalent?

nonequivalent has 5 syllables and divides as no-neq-ui-va-lent under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is nonequivalent a common word?

nonequivalent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.