lopsided

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lop·sid·ed

(lŏp′sī′dĭd)

adj.

1. Heavier, larger, or higher on one side than on the other.

2. Sagging or leaning to one side.

3. Characterized by the domination of one competitor over another: a lopsided victory.

lop′sid′ed·ly adv.

lop′sid′ed·ness n.

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lopsided

(ˌlɒpˈsaɪdɪd)

adj

1. leaning or inclined to one side

2. greater in weight, height, or size on one side

ˌlopˈsidedly adv

ˌlopˈsidedness n

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lop•sid•ed

(ˈlɒpˈsaɪ dɪd)

adj.

1. heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than the other; unsymmetrical.

2. leaning to one side.

[1705–15]

lop′sid′ed•ly, adv.

lop′sid′ed•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	lopsided - having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other asymmetric, asymmetrical - characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components
	2.	lopsided - turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" askew, awry, cockeyed, skew-whiff, wonky crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"

lopsided

adjective crooked, one-sided, tilting, warped, uneven, unequal, disproportionate, squint, unbalanced, off balance, awry, askew, out of shape, asymmetrical, cockeyed, out of true, skewwhiff (Brit. informal) a friendly lopsided grin

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lopsided

[ˈlɒpˈsaɪdɪd] ADJ (gen) → torcido, ladeado, chueco (LAm); [table] → cojo (fig) [view] → desequilibrado

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lopsided

[ˌlɒpˈsaɪdɪd] adj

(= not straight) [object] → de travers

[grin, smile] → oblique; [face] → asymétrique

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lopsided

adj → schief; (fig) → einseitig

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Then the money will pour in from the hotels and my books won't look so lopsided. And--oh, Billy--you'd never guess.

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The tower, as they left it behind, looked all the quainter, because such entrances are usually flanked by two towers; and this one looked lopsided. But for this, the avenue had the usual appearance of the entrance to a gentleman's grounds; and, being so curved that the house was now out of sight, somehow looked a much larger park than any plantation on such an island could really be.

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It was a littleish-sized thing and lopsided, as though it 'ad something the matter with it."

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Externally, it was a narrow lopsided wooden jumble of corpulent windows heaped one upon another as you might heap as many toppling oranges, with a crazy wooden verandah impending over the water; indeed the whole house, inclusive of the complaining flag-staff on the roof, impended over the water, but seemed to have got into the condition of a faint-hearted diver who has paused so long on the brink that he will never go in at all.

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