asymmetrical

English

Adjective

asymmetrical (comparative more asymmetrical, superlative most asymmetrical)

1. Not symmetrical.
2. (of a question) Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites.

   Question six is asymmetrical: "Are things going in the right direction or on the wrong track?" (The West Wing, Season 1, Episode 21, Toby)

Translations

not symmetrical

• Albanian: asimetrik (sq)
• Arabic: غير متماثل (ar) (ğir mutamaθil) m, غير متماثلة (ar) (ğir mutamaθila) f, غير متكافيئ (ar) (ğir mutakafiʔ) m, غير متكافئة (ar) (ğir mutakafʔa) f
• Catalan: asimètric (ca)
• Dutch: asymmetrisch (nl)
• Esperanto: nesimetria (eo)
• French: asymétrique (fr)
• German: asymmetrisch (de)

• Icelandic: missamhverfur (is) m, mishverfur (is) m
• Italian: asimetrico (it)
• Japanese: 非対称的 (ja) (ひたいしょうてき, hi-taishō-teki)
• Norwegian: asymmetrisk (no)
• Romanian: asimetric (ro) m and n, nesimetric (ro) m and n
• Serbo-Croatian: asimètričan (sh)
• Spanish: asimétrico (es)
• Swedish: asymmetrisk (sv), osymmetrisk (sv)

Synonyms

• asymmetric
• lopsided
• unsymmetrical