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
Following the lopsided victory in the series opener, the Blue Jays find themselves on the right side of Major League Baseball history.
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Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Rexroad said the lopsided funding suggests that the measure will pass.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
New York grabbed six offensive boards in the third and seven more in the fourth, leading to second-chance opportunities that prevented Boston from overcoming a lopsided second quarter.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
And several of those games have come by a lopsided margin.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
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Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Rexroad said the lopsided funding suggests that the measure will pass.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
New York grabbed six offensive boards in the third and seven more in the fourth, leading to second-chance opportunities that prevented Boston from overcoming a lopsided second quarter.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
And several of those games have come by a lopsided margin.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lopsided
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopsided
Adjective
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The pressure rhythm was adjusted to an uneven triangle pattern to better match the freezing process.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
26 Oct. 2025
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Barcelona arrives determined to reclaim momentum after an uneven run of performances.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Holly, who did not share her last name, posed in the familiar tourist style—appearing to hold up the tilted tower.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Poulaines hurt the wearer’s feet and could make their toe bones crooked.—
Michael Watson,
The Conversation,
20 Oct. 2025
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Barry Cooper, the colorful former police officer turned scourge of crooked cops, couldn’t attend the screening of a new film about him at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in Arkansas.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Los Angeles Lakers announced on Tuesday that power forward/center Maxi Kleber suffered an oblique strain and will be re-evaluated in two weeks.—
Noah Camras,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Lakers big man Maxi Kleber will be sidelined for the start of the regular season because of an oblique injury.—
Khobi Price,
Oc Register,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Micron Technology could rise from here due to a skewed supply-demand imbalance, according to UBS.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
16 Oct. 2025
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For me, my connection to it is sort of skewed.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Lopsided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lopsided. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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