Lopsided
[lɒp'saɪdɪd] or [,lɑp'saɪdɪd]
Definition
(adj.) having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other .
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Definition
(a.) Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure; as, a lopsided ship.
(a.) Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies.
Typed by Lloyd
Examples
- I'm awfully lopsided, you know, and stowed down in my pocket it'll trim the ship. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- While growth continues, things bodily and mental are lopsided, for growth is never general, but is accentuated now at one spot, now at another. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A bare lopsided weatherbeaten pole was planted in the ashes there, and had been there many a year. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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