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
Butler again didn’t play in the fourth quarter of the lopsided contest.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
But Friday night’s dismal showing — a lopsided 109-86 loss to the reigning champs — was yet another painful reminder of the offensive shortcomings augmented by a lack of bodies, a lack of cohesion and, ultimately, a lack of an efficient, modern system.
—Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
The first round of the College Football Playoffs proved to be more lopsided than many anticipated.
—Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
President-elect Donald Trump topped Kamala Harris by nearly 19 points, and serious challenges to GOP control of the governor and attorney general seats never materialized as Republicans Mike Braun and Todd Rokita cruised to similarly lopsided victories.
—Eric Larsen, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Dec. 2024
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
But Friday night’s dismal showing — a lopsided 109-86 loss to the reigning champs — was yet another painful reminder of the offensive shortcomings augmented by a lack of bodies, a lack of cohesion and, ultimately, a lack of an efficient, modern system.
—Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
The first round of the College Football Playoffs proved to be more lopsided than many anticipated.
—Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
President-elect Donald Trump topped Kamala Harris by nearly 19 points, and serious challenges to GOP control of the governor and attorney general seats never materialized as Republicans Mike Braun and Todd Rokita cruised to similarly lopsided victories.
—Eric Larsen, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopsided
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But the junior point guard has had an uneven transition.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
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Since this type of coating has an uneven texture, the bath mat may wear out faster than other options.Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
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And though a second, thick stucco layer with bits of cork was an insulation novelty imported from Italy, its properties meant that the walls could remain authentically crooked.Julie Lasky, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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What he’s actually done is fake his death to create a template for a new life by stealing $90 million from a client of his crooked law firm.Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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The six-year veteran battled ankle and hip injuries during the regular season and when an oblique injury held him out in the wild-card round, Salyer especially struggled in his place.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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Erickson, Stiller and production designer Jeremy Hindle have a knack for building setups that riff on corporations’ uncanny, infantilizing methods of control, yet feel more oblique and mysterious than straight satire.Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
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If the data used to train these models are flawed or incomplete, the resulting digital agents can produce skewed results, leading to unfair or harmful outcomes.Tim Houlne, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s fondness for tariffs is connected to a skewed sense of American history.Einav Rabinovitch-Fox / Made by History, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Lopsided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lopsided. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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