lopsided

Heavier on one

Lopsided means uneven or unbalanced, with one side larger, heavier, or lower than the other: a lopsided grin, The picture hung lopsided on the wall.

The word extends to anything lacking symmetry or proportion: a lopsided victory is one-sided, a lopsided argument favors one position unfairly.

asymmetry

uneven

Not smooth or balanced

off-center · skewed · slanted · cockeyed · misaligned · awry · irregular · warped · distorted · misshapen

biased

partial

Favoring one side

weighted · skewed · unfair · tendentious · favoring · unbalanced · jaundiced · colored · tilted

imbalanced

top-heavy

Disproportionately weighted above

teetering · unstable · precarious · tippy · overloaded · weighted · disproportionate · unequal · listing · canted

disparity

unequal

Not the same

unbalanced · inequitable · skewed · weighted · mismatched · disparate · nonuniform · disadvantaged

sports

blowout

Sudden tire failure

dominant · crushing · decisive · shellacking · drubbing · whitewash · mismatch · shutout · walkover · demolition

Categories
Opposites
physical balance/symmetry

lopsidedsymmetrical

Even on all sides

symmetric · balanced · even · level · straight

proportionality/fairness

lopsidedbalanced

In a state of equilibrium

even · equal · competitive · close · fair

regularity/uniformity

lopsideduniform

Identical throughout

regular · even · orderly · ordered · consistent

Phrases
Family

lopsidedly, lopsidedness

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G