lopsided

Age may have diminished his stature, rendered his gait more lopsided, but he has always been light on his feet, whether as a boxer in his teens or, later, a dancer with his wife.

And that’s without counting the hundreds of lopsided districts where both major parties fielded candidates but the results were preordained and voters barely paid attention.

England have rightly been questioned for taking a lopsided squad to New Zealand – three spinners and no reserve specialist keeper – a selection that left them short when Jordan Cox broke his thumb.

Recipes became invitations rather than instructions, and mistakes — an over-salted soup, a lopsided pie crust — became part of the joy.

When lopsided deals failed to emerge, they often did little to improve their teams.