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
The franchise, through numerous regimes, simply cannot stop what has become the NFL’s most lopsided rivalry of late.
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Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024
The Dolphins compounded the lopsided defeat with another loss in the regular-season finale to the Buffalo Bills to end up falling all the way down to the No. 6 seed.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
The former title challenger from China dominated Tabatha Ricci in all three rounds to earn a lopsided unanimous decision win (30-27 x3).
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
While the lopsided loss to Columbus was brutal in its own right, the Penguins’ low point this week was a 7-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Monday.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024
The Dolphins compounded the lopsided defeat with another loss in the regular-season finale to the Buffalo Bills to end up falling all the way down to the No. 6 seed.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
The former title challenger from China dominated Tabatha Ricci in all three rounds to earn a lopsided unanimous decision win (30-27 x3).
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
While the lopsided loss to Columbus was brutal in its own right, the Penguins’ low point this week was a 7-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Monday.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopsided
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Blazy succeeds Virginie Viard, who exited Chanel last June after an uneven five-year tenure.WWD, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
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Increasingly popular renewable energy sources like wind and solar often produce uneven power supplies, creating peaks and valleys.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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The pardon was a political bombshell that Republicans have used to further President-elect Donald Trump's claims that the Justice Department has been weaponized against him and that the Biden family has been crooked for years.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Caravans of cars traveled from Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Virginia and Ohio to clinics here, loading up on pills and prescriptions from crooked doctors selling their prescription pads to anyone with so much as a hangnail.Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
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Despite missing both of their top scorers — Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner — due to oblique injuries, the Magic mucked the game up early and often.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Arch stepped in and started three games this season when Quinn Ewers got hurt and missed time with an oblique injury.Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Each was easy to attach and provided a function for all hair types — from wide tooth combs for natural coils to a flyaway attachment that controls skewed strands.Alyssa Brascia, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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The defense has dismissed these claims as inflammatory, arguing that the prosecution is presenting a skewed version of events.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Lopsided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lopsided. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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