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asymmetrical

/ˌeɪsɪˈmɛtɹɪk(ə)l/

asymmetrical adjective: not symmetrical.

asymmetrical: not symmetrical
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Adjective

asymmetrical (comparative more asymmetrical, superlative most asymmetrical)

  1. Not symmetrical.
  2. Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites.
    • Question six is asymmetrical: "Are things going in the right direction or on the wrong track?"2000 May 10, Aaron Sorkin, “Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics”, in The West Wing, season 1, episode 21, spoken by Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff)

asymmetrical meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Tagalog

asymmetrical in Tamil

சமச்சீரற்ற, சமச்சீரில்லாத, சமச்சீரின்மை, சமச்சீரின்றிய, சமமற்ற, சீர்மையிலடங்காத

asymmetrical in Urdu

بے ترتیب, بے قرینہ, غیر مُتناسب, غیر متشاکل

asymmetrical in Malayalam

uneven, lopsided, unsymmetrical
പ്രതിസാമ്യമില്ലാത്ത, സമമിതിയില്ലാത്ത, സമതുലനമില്ലാത്ത, സമതുലിതമല്ലാത്ത, ഒരുവശം ചരിഞ്ഞ, ഒരുവശത്തേക്കു ചരിഞ്ഞ

asymmetrical in Tagalog

not symmetrical
diparianyuin, tabingi
More languagesFewer languages
asymmetrical in Arabic
غَيْر مُتَمَاثِل ḡayr mutamāṯil, غَيْر مُتَمَاثِلَة ḡayr mutamāṯila, غَيْر مُتَكَافِئ ḡayr mutakāfiʔ, غَيْر مُتَكَافِئَة ḡayr mutakāfiʔa
asymmetrical in Persian
نامتقارن nâ-moteqâren

Examples of asymmetrical in a sentence

  • It is slightly asymmetrical with rounded shoulders and a long, squared stem.
  • Drinkwater described an eventually asymmetrical brachyhypophalangia of the index, ring and little fingers.
  • She shares with this woman the same retroussé nose and half-moon eyes, the same asymmetrical smile.

All 23 example sentences with asymmetrical

Synonyms of asymmetrical

Forms of asymmetrical

comparativemore asymmetrical
superlativemost asymmetrical

Origin of asymmetrical

From a- + symmetrical.

Words formed from asymmetrical

Phrases with asymmetrical

Questions about asymmetrical

What does asymmetrical mean?
Asymmetrical means not symmetrical.
What is asymmetrical in Tamil?
Asymmetrical in Tamil is சமச்சீரற்ற, சமச்சீரில்லாத, சமச்சீரின்மை. See Asymmetrical meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is asymmetrical?
Asymmetrical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce asymmetrical?
Asymmetrical is pronounced /ˌeɪsɪˈmɛtɹɪk(ə)l/.

Words near asymmetrical in the dictionary

  1. asymmetric meter
  2. asymmetric meters
  3. asymmetric syntheses
  4. asymmetric synthesis
  5. asymmetric warfare
  6. asymmetrical
  7. asymmetrical meter
  8. asymmetrical spinnaker
  9. asymmetrical spinnakers
  10. asymmetrical warfare
  11. asymmetricalities

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: asymmetrical (page history and authors); asymmetrical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); asymmetrical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); asymmetrical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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