LOPSIDED

askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff

(adjective) turned or twisted toward one side; “a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry”- G.K.Chesterton; “his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff”

lopsided

(adjective) having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

lopsided (comparative more lopsided, superlative most lopsided)

Not even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other.

(figurative) biased; not balanced between points of view

Anagrams

• displode

Source: Wiktionary


Lop"sid`ed, a. Etym: [Lop + side. Cf. Lobsided.]

1. Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure; as, a lopsided ship. Marryat.

2. Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies. J. S. Mill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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