as in tilted
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
Rather than forcing lopsided trade deals on allies and friends, Washington would do better to organize a common message to Chinese leaders that a business model that fuels deflation at home and anger abroad is untenable.
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Christopher Smart, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
New Mexico’s current child-care offerings are geographically lopsided.
—Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
The Buffalo Bills were back in top form on Sunday, cruising to a lopsided 40-9 victory over the Carolina Panthers.
—Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Rexroad said the lopsided funding suggests that the measure will pass.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
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Christopher Smart, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
New Mexico’s current child-care offerings are geographically lopsided.
—Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
The Buffalo Bills were back in top form on Sunday, cruising to a lopsided 40-9 victory over the Carolina Panthers.
—Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Rexroad said the lopsided funding suggests that the measure will pass.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopsided
Adjective
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Spiral turns, Prioli explained, are the elevated runs that lead to tilted loops around the track.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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The winter solstice is the start of astronomical winter, when Earth's northern hemisphere is pointed the farthest away from the sun due to its tilted axis.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The early days of the season have been decidedly uneven.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Special features include their grippy Vibram outsoles, cushiony FloatPro Foam pods, and extra underfoot protection against rocks and uneven terrain.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Recent reports that a number of current and former NBA players were allegedly faking injuries and trading inside information with crooked gamblers has left sports fans and media reeling.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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After a disastrous attempt at bedding Minde’s ex-girlfriend Edita (Vaidilė Juozaitytė), our flat-top sporting hero with a crooked smile meets Monika (Digna Kulionytė), an ambitious, studious beauty from the middle-class area of town.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Among those players were outside linebacker Princely Umanmielen (originally sidelined with an ankle), center Cade Mays (ankle) and left guard Damien Lewis (oblique).—
Alex Zietlow
November 5,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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He was released after the trade deadline but re-signed a minor league deal and was added to the postseason roster after Elias Díaz’s oblique injury.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Zada believes social media gives a skewed impression of how some AI ads are going over.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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McGuane’s style has at times skewed maximalist, a stark departure from Hemingway’s famously undecorated prose.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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