lopsided

English

WOTD – 29 August 2010

Alternative forms

• lop-sided

Etymology

From lop (“to hang loosely”) + side + -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒp.saɪ.dəd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑp.saɪ.dɪd/

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Adjective

lopsided (comparative more lopsided, superlative most lopsided)

1. Not even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other.

   Synonym: one-sided

   Carrying a heavy suitcase, he walked with a lopsided gait.

2. (figurative) biased; not balanced between points of view

Derived terms

• lopsidedly
• lopsidedness

Related terms

• top-heavy

Translations

not balanced — see also asymmetric,‎ unlevel

Armenian: ծռակող (hy) (cṙakoġ), ծուռկողանի (hy) (cuṙkoġani) Bulgarian: неуравновесен (bg) (neuravnovesen) Catalan: desigual (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 倾向一方的 (qīngxiàng yīfāng de), 不平衡的 (bù pínghéng de), 斜倚 (zh) (xiéyǐ), 畸形 (zh) (jīxíng) Czech: nesouměrný m, nevyvážený m Dutch: onevenwichtig (nl), scheef (nl) Finnish: toispuolinen (fi), vino (fi) French: bancal (fr) German: schief (de) Hungarian: féloldalas (hu), felemás (hu) Irish: aontaobhach, leataobhach Iu Mien: maaiv Maori: tipirori, hikuwaru, tipitaha Plautdietsch: winjsch Polish: krzywy (pl), nierówny (pl), koślawy (pl), asymetryczny (pl), przekrzywiony (pl) Portuguese: torto (pt), desigual (pt) Romanian: strâmb (ro) m, oblic (ro) m Russian: кривобокий (ru) (krivobokij), искривлённый (iskrivljónnyj), наклонённый (naklonjónnyj), накренённый (nakrenjónnyj), (informal, somewhat) скособоченный (ru) (skosobočennyj), асимметричный (ru) (asimmetričnyj) Spanish: desequilibrado (es), muy desigual, chueco (es) Swedish: skev (sv) Welsh: unochrog (cy)

biased

Chinese: Mandarin: 偏頗 / 偏颇 (zh) Czech: předpojatý m, zaujatý m, neobjektivní German: einseitig (de) Polish: stronniczy (pl), nieobiektywny Portuguese: enviesado (pt)

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