Meaning & use
Asymmetric
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Lacking symmetry; not identical or balanced on both sides of a dividing line or axis.
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The building's asymmetric facade gives it a strikingly modern look.
Negotiators worried about the asymmetric information between buyer and seller.
A note on using this word
In cryptography, 'asymmetric encryption' uses a public and a private key rather than a single shared key, a very different use of the term than in design or geometry.
Words with a similar meaning
unevenlopsided
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Words with an opposite meaning
symmetricbalanced
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