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LOPSIDED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lopsided mean?
• LOPSIDED (adjective)
The adjective LOPSIDED has 2 senses:
1. having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other
2. turned or twisted toward one side
Familiarity information: LOPSIDED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other
Similar:
asymmetric; asymmetrical (characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Turned or twisted toward one side
Synonyms:
askew; awry; cockeyed; lopsided; skew-whiff; wonky
Context example:
his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff
Similar:
crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)
Derivation:
lopsidedness (an oblique or slanting asymmetry)
Context examples
It's common for new babies to have slightly lopsided heads, but parents should watch the shape of their baby's head for possible problems.
(Brain Malformations, NIH)
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has found evidence that a massive star exploded in a lopsided fashion, sending ejected material flying in one direction and the core of the star in the other.
(Star Explosion is Lopsided, NASA)
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