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off-balance
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uneven |
| Synonyms: | lopsided, unsteady |
| Antonyms: | balanced |
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| Main Entry: | lopsided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | leaning, falling to one side; larger on one side |
| Synonyms: | askew, asymmetrical, awry, cockeyed, crooked, disproportional, disproportionate, inclinatory, irregular, nonsymmetrical, off-balance, one-sided, out of shape, overbalanced, squint, tilting, top-heavy, unbalanced, unequal, uneven, unsteady, warped |
| Antonyms: | even, level, straight, unleaning |
| Main Entry: | unbalanced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not even, stable |
| Synonyms: | asymmetric, asymmetrical, disproportionate, irregular, lopsided, not balanced, off-balance, shaky, top-heavy, treacherous, unequal, uneven, unstable, unsteady, unsymmetrical, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | balanced, even, fair, just, sound, stable |
| Main Entry: | unequal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not balanced; lopsided |
| Synonyms: | asymmetrical, disproportionate, ill-matched, inequitable, irregular, nonsymmetrical, off-balance, one-sided, overbalanced, unbalanced, uneven, unproportionate, unsymmetrical |
| Antonyms: | balanced, equal, even, level, same |
| Main Entry: | uneven |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not smooth or balanced |
| Synonyms: | asperous, asymmetrical, broken, bumpy, changeable, craggy, differing, discrepant, disparate, disproportionate, fitful, fluctuating, harsh, ill-matched, intermittent, irregular, jagged, jerky, leftover, lopsided, nonsymmetrical, not flat, not level, not parallel, notched, odd, off-balance, one-sided, overbalanced, patchy, remaining, rough, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, serrate, spasmodic, spotty, unbalanced, unequal, unfair, unlevel, unsmooth, unsteady, unsymmetrical, variable |
| Antonyms: | balanced, continuous, even, level, smooth |
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inappropriate, not suitable |
| Synonyms: | amiss, awkward, bad, disproportionate, funny, gauche, ill-advised, improper, inapt, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, infelicitous, malapropos, misplaced, not done, off-balance, rotten*, unacceptable, unbecoming, unconventional, undesirable, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unhappy, unsatisfactory, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Antonyms: | acceptable, appropriate, correct, ok, suitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | Wrong. |
| Category: | 1. Moral obligations |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum in se; unreasonableness, grievance; shame., injustice; unfairness; iniquity, foul play, partiality, leaning; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit; undueness; unlawfulness., robbing Peter to pay Paul; the wolf and the lamb; vice., "a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet].
-verbs
be wrong; cry to heaven for vengeance., do wrong; be inequitable; favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell; rob Peter to pay Paul.
-adjectives
wrong, wrongful; bad, too bad; unjust, unfair; inequitable, unequitable; unequal, partial, one-sided; injurious., objectionable; unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable; improper, unfit; unjustified; illegal; iniquitous; immoral., in the wrong, in the wrong box.
-adverbs
wrongly
-phrases
it will not do.
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| Antonyms: | right |
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