lopsided

«lopsided» in Mova's school dictionary: leaning to one side, with one side bigger, lower or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (lopsided, more lopsided)

meaning for a pupil

1) Lopsided means leaning to one side, with one side bigger, lower or heavier than the other. tree →

2) A lopsided result or game is very unequal. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used about drawings, cakes, smiles and buildings in everyday life; in sport about very one-sided scores. In maths it is the opposite of symmetrical or balanced.

examples

• My cake came out lopsided. tree →
• He gave me a lopsided smile. tree →
• The picture on the wall is lopsided. tree →
• The snowman looked lopsided. tree →
• It was a lopsided game: 10–0. tree →
• The shelf is lopsided because one bracket is loose. tree →

note

One word. Similar words: crooked, uneven, wonky (UK, informal). Opposite: even, balanced, symmetrical.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lopsided» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.