lopsided

WOTD - 29 August 2010    

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɒp.saɪ.dəd/, SAMPA: /"lQp.saI.d@d/

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• (US) IPA: /ˈlɑp.saɪ.dɪd/, SAMPA: /"lAp.saI.dId/

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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.

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

Related terms

• top-heavy

Translations

not balanced

Armenian: ծռակող (hy) (çṙakoġ), ծուռկողանի (hy) (çuṙkoġani) 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 (cs) Finnish: toispuolinen (fi), vino (fi)

French: bancal (fr) German: einseitig (de), schief (de) Hungarian: féloldalas (hu), felemás (hu) Portuguese: torto (pt), desigual (pt) Russian: кривобокий (ru), искривлённый (ru), наклонённый (ru), накренённый (ru), (informal, somewhat) скособоченный (ru) Spanish: desequilibrado (es) m., desigual (es)