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Recent Examples of lopsided Sunday afternoon’s 9-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays at Citi Field marked the Mets’ most lopsided defeat of the year. Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2025 In a pitching matchup that looked lopsided in the Dodgers’ favor, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was the one who couldn’t keep up. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 1 June 2025 In the first photo, taken at a lopsided angle, Steve poses with his arm around Mina while their daughter Charlie, 4, wraps her arms around his leg. Erin Clements, People.com, 12 June 2025 While a month-long, 32-team showdown might initially sound appealing, the considerable gap in quality between European clubs and their global counterparts could result in a lopsided competition. Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for lopsided
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopsided
Adjective
  • Additionally, although each member of the crew has their own particular skillset, the time spent on individual characters is uneven, and a smaller cast would have likely made things more effective.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 June 2025
  • Moreover, the legal playing field itself can be quite uneven.
    Mark Berookim, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • What Pete Rose did was selfish, illicit, shameful, crooked.
    John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2025
  • Meanwhile, a crooked wayfarer named St. Christophe (Jackson) is hot on Broadway’s trail, catching up with the young man and revealing that his dead dad wasn’t, in fact, a stand-up guy.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • Heyward has been out since May 24 with a left oblique strain.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
  • Despite his missing time early this season with an oblique injury, all of that work has paid off.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • The family that initially felt so shiny and self-contained gives way to individual stories that butt up against one another at skewed angles.
    Book Marks June 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
  • Astronomy neophytes sometimes mistake the Pleiades star cluster for the Little Dipper because the brightest Pleiades stars resemble a tiny, skewed dipper.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 June 2025

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“Lopsided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lopsided. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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