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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components [syn: asymmetrical, asymmetric] [ant: symmetric, symmetrical]
2: irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline" [syn: asymmetrical, crooked]

Merriam Webster's

or asymmetric adjective Etymology: Greek asymmetria lack of proportion, from asymmetros ill-proportioned, from a- + symmetros symmetrical Date: 1690 1. not symmetrical 2. (usually asymmetric) of a carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups • asymmetrically adverb • asymmetry noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Asymmetric As`ym*met"ric, Asymmetrical As`ym*met"ri*cal, a. [See Asymmetrous.] 1. Incommensurable. [Obs.] 2. Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical. --Huxley.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is asymmetrical has two sides or halves that are different in shape, size, or style. ...asymmetrical shapes. ? symmetrical ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

anamorphous, askew, asymmetric, bent, bowed, cockeyed, contorted, crazy, crooked, crumpled, crunched, deviative, disparate, disproportionate, distorted, ill-matched, ill-sorted, inadequate, insufficient, irregular, labyrinthine, lopsided, mismatched, nonsymmetric, odd, one-sided, out of proportion, skew, skewed, sprung, tortuous, twisted, unequal, uneven, unsymmetric, warped