lopsidedness

1 6.1

One side is much lower, larger, or different than the other

noun
/ˈlɑːpˌsaɪdədnəs/

: desigualdad

The architect was concerned about the lopsidedness of the building, as one side appeared much lower than the other.

Examples

The lopsidedness of the scales made it difficult to determine the exact weight of the oranges.
During the art critique, the professor pointed out the lopsidedness in the student's painting, noting how one side seemed more vibrant than the other.
And it does worry me that there is this lopsidedness about who is getting it.

Blog text (17)
So what's causing this lopsidedness?

Blog text (11)
She glimpsed the patriarchal lopsidedness of this relationship, but before she could examine it, there was a little jerk.

Fiction book (1994)
Disregarding the logical lopsidedness of J.B.'s argument, Hamas and Hezbollah are plainly not on the left.

Blog text (29)
On refereeing, what's most annoying: the lopsidedness of calls/non-calls, the sheer amount of calls per game, or people complaining about how one team is favored over another and oh my God, shut up?

Blog text (9)
It is clear from later sketches that, in Michelangelo's eyes, the resulting lopsidedness of the bay implied an undue interference of the chapel architecture with that of the tomb.

Academic text (1992)
It was, of course, a perfectly innocent bag—not that different from so much garbage the city deposited each night on the sidewalks, probably the legacy left by some drunk; perfectly innocent, of course, except for a strange lopsidedness, a sort of lump on one side of it.

Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

tilt

vslopsidedness

16 4.4

A small preference for one side or point of view

describes actual unevenness in shape or size rather than a bias

skewness

vslopsidedness

Specialized

1 7.7

A measure of how much a shape or group of numbers is not the same on both sides

focuses on physical one-side difference rather than abstract data asymmetry

dissymmetry

vslopsidedness

9.2

A situation where two or more parts are not the same

refers specifically to one side being lower or larger

Antonyms

symmetry

28 4.1

A balance of parts that match on opposite sides, like a butterfly's wings

evenness

1 3.9

How smooth and the same something is across a surface or over time

How Uneven

asymmetry

19 6.5

lopsidedness

1 6.1

unevenness

1 5.1

balance

698 2.5

Surface Forms

lopsidedness singular

lopsidednesses plural

Morphology

lopsidedness = lopsided (semi-transparent) = lop + side + ed + ness

The noun is a regular formation from the adjective 'lopsided' with the productive suffix '-ness' indicating a state or quality.

Etymology

Lopsidedness comes from lopsided, made of lop + side, with the ending -ness meaning 'state'. A helpful image is 'cutting off' one side so it is shorter and the object leans, and that is why lopsidedness means the state of one side being lower, larger, or different from the other.