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
So if the outcomes are that lopsided and ability isn't the explanation, the explanation is bias.
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Aparna Rae,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
One explanation for the increase in goals is the expansion of the field to 48 teams, which could lead to lopsided competition.
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Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
But the lopsided offensive tradeoff might be more than a playoff contender can handle.
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John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The nurse rubs circles on her lower back, clucking at the struggle of turning the pregnant body to the side like a lopsided gourd.
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Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for lopsided
Aparna Rae,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
One explanation for the increase in goals is the expansion of the field to 48 teams, which could lead to lopsided competition.
—
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
But the lopsided offensive tradeoff might be more than a playoff contender can handle.
—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The nurse rubs circles on her lower back, clucking at the struggle of turning the pregnant body to the side like a lopsided gourd.
—
Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for lopsided
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopsided
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Compared with tilted plastic rafts used in warmer climates, this design attaches flexible solar panels directly to thick, waterproof foam sheets, reducing wind exposure.
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Citi maintained that risks to oil prices remain tilted to the upside, as Iran retains significant control over the timing and terms of any potential agreement to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz energy route.
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Household financial resilience also remains uneven, even when many adults report doing okay or living comfortably.
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The uneven workmanship of the double stitching suggests the giant flag was likely made by amateurs, curators with the historical society have determined.
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Better known among seasoned riders as the Triple Nickel, the route makes for one of the most crooked roads in the Midwest, if not the country.
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There’ll be something else to keep the crooked numbers away, don’t worry.
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Infielder Nick Sogard, who had been called up in Story’s place, hit the IL with a right oblique strain June 3, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa went to the IL with a forearm bone stress reaction similar to Mayer’s on June 20.
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Mayfield, who turned 31 in April, appeared on the Bucs’ injury report 10 out of 18 weeks with issues that spanned his foot, toe, knee, right biceps, oblique and right shoulder.
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Stories about the Cherokee written by non-Native people in the late 1700s presented a skewed, often European-centric understanding of the tribe's culture.
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As conversations around artificial intelligence (AI) shift from generative models to agentic AI—autonomous systems capable of executing complex, multi-step workflows independently—the discourse remains heavily skewed toward technical capability.
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“Lopsided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lopsided. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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