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
In Spokane, Washington, the Current found itself on the wrong end of a lopsided half against the Seattle Reign.
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
The Sacramento Kings couldn’t overcome their season-long struggle with the 3-point line in a lopsided loss to the Charlotte Hornets.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Florida won 114-55, the second most lopsided score in NCAA Tournament history and largest since the 1960s.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
With new shoes on her feet, Booker scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in the lopsided win.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 21 Mar. 2026
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
The Sacramento Kings couldn’t overcome their season-long struggle with the 3-point line in a lopsided loss to the Charlotte Hornets.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Florida won 114-55, the second most lopsided score in NCAA Tournament history and largest since the 1960s.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
With new shoes on her feet, Booker scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in the lopsided win.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopsided
Adjective
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The Escalade also offers a large head up display and a tilted control panel to provide quick access to climate and other functions.—
Scotty Reiss,
Parents,
24 Feb. 2026
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Naturally, Uranus' tilted rotation has a part to play in how auroral activity manifests on the planet.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Accessibility Due to Lupaia’s location on a steep hilltop with gravel pathways and naturally uneven grounds at various levels, this resort is not wheelchair accessible.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2026
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The truth is that the track record for Olympic host cities is pretty uneven.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Debuting them in a brief, awkward first flight, like a firework that shoots crooked after being in storage too long.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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Tolkan also played Napoleon and his look-alike in Woody Allen’s Love and Death (1975) and was the crooked accountant known as Numbers who works for Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) in Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy (1990).—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Rookie Owen Caissie, a late addition to the starting lineup after original first baseman Christopher Morel was scratched with a left oblique strain, then drove in Edwards with a double to left-center.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Lowe missed much of spring training because of oblique tightness on his left side.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
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The other sign of a skewed demographic came on Saturday, with the release of CPAC’s famous straw poll.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Mar. 2026
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The numbers are a little skewed by the fact that there were three all-San Diego first-round games in Division 2.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Lopsided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lopsided. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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