LOPSIDED


Meaning of LOPSIDED in English

ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective

also lobsided ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷

Etymology: lop (V) + sided

1. : leaning to one side (as from a defect of structure)

looked rather lopsided with three boats swung on the port side and no boat at all on the starboard side — H.A.Chippendale

small, wormy, lopsided apples — Joseph Mitchell

2. : lacking in balance or symmetry : poorly proportioned : disproportionately heavy on one side

lopsided economic development

a lopsided vote of 373 to 9

a lopsided personality

• lop·sid·ed·ly adverb

• lop·sid·ed·ness noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.