Word Meanings - LOPSIDED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

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• PROPORTIONATE
  Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.
• LEANING
  The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
• DEFECTIONIST
  One who advocates or encourages defection.
• DEFECTUOSITY
  Great imperfection. W. Montagu.
• LEANLY
  Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.
• DEFECTIBILITY
  Deficiency; imperfection. Ld. Digby. Jer. Taylor.
• DEFECTIVE
  Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- De*fect"ive*ly, adv. -- De*fect"ive*ness, n. (more info) 1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied
• PROPORTION
  1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his
• LEAN-TO
  Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof. -- n.
• PROPORTIONABLE
  Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate. -- Pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. But eloquence may exist without a proportionable degree of wisdom. Burke.
• LEANNESS
  The condition or quality of being lean.
• PROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being in proportion. Coleridge.
• PROPORTIONATENESS
  The quality or state of being proportionate. Sir M. Hale.
• STRUCTURE
  Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure. 5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building
• PROPORTIONLESS
  Without proportion; unsymmetrical.
• UNBALANCED
  Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books. 3. Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind.
• DEFECTUOUS
  Full of defects; imperfect. Barrow.
• LEAN-WITTED
  Having but little sense or shrewdness.
• LOPSIDED
  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.
• PROPORTIONABLY
  Proportionally. Locke.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• IMPROPORTIONATE
  Not proportionate.
• CLEANSABLE
  Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• CLEAN-CUT
  See CLEAR-CUT
• INDEFECTIBLE
  Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay. An indefectible treasure in the heavens. Barrow. A state of indefectible virtue and happiness. S. Clarke.
• CLEANNESS
  1. The state or quality of being clean. 2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer.
• UNCLEAN
  1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate
• MISPROPORTION
  To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.
• ACHILLEAN
  Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.
• DISPROPORTIONATE
  Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means.
• CLEANING
  1. The act of making clean. 2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. Gardner.
• CLEANLINESS
  State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress. Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift.