as in uneven
inclined or twisted to one side
the portrait in the foyer was lopsided, so I straightened it while I was waiting
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Recent Examples of lopsided
Compared with the other dragons in the original, which character designer Nico Marlet imagined with comically lopsided proportions — bulgy eyes, oversize heads, ungainly fangs — Toothless was an elegant mix of feline and canine traits, mapped onto a sleek black reptilian body.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 June 2025
The drinks are strong, and the ceilings are low (not to mention the lopsided dance floor).
—Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2025
However, the lopsided decision left the NCAA vulnerable to additional legal challenges regarding rules that limited compensation, and it was delivered on June 21, 2021, nine days before numerous state laws allowing NIL payments were set to go into effect.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 6 June 2025
The Mystics defeated the Fever 83-77 in Washington on May 28th, but are coming off a lopsided 85-63 home defeat at the hands of the undefeated New York Liberty, allowing 28 points to Sabrina Ionescu.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 June 2025
The drinks are strong, and the ceilings are low (not to mention the lopsided dance floor).
—Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2025
However, the lopsided decision left the NCAA vulnerable to additional legal challenges regarding rules that limited compensation, and it was delivered on June 21, 2021, nine days before numerous state laws allowing NIL payments were set to go into effect.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 6 June 2025
The Mystics defeated the Fever 83-77 in Washington on May 28th, but are coming off a lopsided 85-63 home defeat at the hands of the undefeated New York Liberty, allowing 28 points to Sabrina Ionescu.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopsided
Adjective
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The American game was largely insular, coaching education uneven, and infrastructure limited.—
Lee Igel,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Read More: The Healthiest Way to Clean Your House Check the base of the unit, too: Dirt can settle underneath, making the entire thing uneven, leading to performance issues and major repairs down the road, Drew says.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
3 June 2025
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Throughout the film, newspaper headlines and snippets of TV contextualize the story against the backdrop of anti-Vietnam demonstrations, colleges retaliating to student campus protests and aggressive policing, along with glimpses of Richard Nixon’s crooked grin.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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The moon's insides are crooked thanks to the near side being some 306 degrees Fahrenheit hotter at depth than its counterpart on the lunar far side.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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The Yankees’ third baseman said that he’s been playing at 70% since returning from an oblique strain on Tuesday.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
7 June 2025
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Chisholm had missed more than a month with an oblique strain.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Authoritarians seek to erase the past and create their own skewed national narrative.—
John Leguizamo,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2025
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Her structural silhouettes, from pipe cleaner knitwear appearing to unravel to a coat’s skewed proportions, captured a child’s whimsical, shifting ideas of adulthood — and vice versa.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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“Lopsided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lopsided. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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