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  • noun The state or property of being lopsided.

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  • noun an oblique or slanting asymmetry

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Examples

  • The lopsidedness is a different effect, in which the overall amplitude of fluctuations is a bit different (just 10% or so) in one direction on the sky than in the other.

    The Lopsided Universe Sean 2008

  • I do think that it's easy to forget about the "lopsidedness" this induces, given that one can wind up with a revisionist literary history layered over an incredibly old-hat historical narrative.

    Dickens and Barnaby Rudge: Anti-Catholicism and Chartism 2008

  • I do think that it's easy to forget about the "lopsidedness" this induces, given that one can wind up with a revisionist literary history layered over an incredibly old-hat historical narrative.

    The Little Professor: 2008

  • I remembered the table for its lopsidedness, a malady Dad cured when he nailed a board on one of the legs and balanced everything out.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • I remembered the table for its lopsidedness, a malady Dad cured when he nailed a board on one of the legs and balanced everything out.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • The lopsidedness of the financial rescue is a black comedy titled Corporafornication.

    Wonk Room » Mortgage Modifications Hitting Roadblocks, As Cram-Down Bill Languishes In Senate 2009

  • As a result, the news coverage overwhelmingly ignored the lopsidedness of the evidence in favor of a “he said, she said” paradigm that treated all perspectives as equally valid.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • As a result, the news coverage overwhelmingly ignored the lopsidedness of the evidence in favor of a “he said, she said” paradigm that treated all perspectives as equally valid.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • As a result, the news coverage overwhelmingly ignored the lopsidedness of the evidence in favor of a “he said, she said” paradigm that treated all perspectives as equally valid.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

  • The score does not convey the lopsidedness of the final.

    Manchester City must evolve after FA Cup success over Stoke City 2011

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