lop-sided

A form of lopsided — Not even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other.

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Meanings

adjectivelop-sided (comparative more lop-sided, superlative most lop-sided)

comparative more lop-sided · superlative most lop-sided

  1. alternativeAlternative form of lopsided.

    Silhouetted against the golden moon, and growing larger every moment, was a large, strangely lop-sided creature, and it was flapping in Harry’s direction.

    1999, J. K. Rowling, chapter 1, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Bloomsbury
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    Liverpool's magnificent season once offered up the tantalising prospect of a historic quadruple only to end amid the chaos of Paris with a lop-sided mixture of emotions.

    2022 May 28, Phil McCulty, “Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport
Cite this entry
APA

lop-sided. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lop-sided

MLA

“lop-sided.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lop-sided. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lop-sided,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lop-sided.

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