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From sub- + unequal.
subunequal (not comparable)
- (biology) Barely equal; approaching unequal.
1861, Nicol Alexander Dalzell, Alexander Gibson, The Bombay Flora, page 188:Suffruticose; ramuli subterete, glabrous; leaves unequal, elliptic-ovate; acuminate-acute, and subunequal at the base, coarsely crenate serrated; […]