one-sided
considering but one side of a matter or question; partial or unfair: a one-sided judgment.
with one party, contestant, side, etc., vastly superior; unbalanced; unequal: a one-sided fight.
existing or occurring on one side only.
having but one side, or but one developed or finished side.
having one side larger or more developed than the other.
Law. involving the action of one person only.
having the parts all on one side, as an inflorescence.
Origin of one-sided
1Other words from one-sided
- one-sid·ed·ly, adverb
- one-sid·ed·ness, noun
Words Nearby one-sided
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How to use one-sided in a sentence
I find both “admirer” and “suitor” to be presumptuous and one-sided.
This is a real war, and a very one-sided one when it comes to technology and casualties.
The play was so one-sided that it does not merit detailed description.
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A one-sided view of the Memory proclaims that if vivid First Impressions are made in all cases, that is enough.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Now, unless the interlocutor adopts the same method and declares what he would do, conversation is apt to become one-sided.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeNothing is more frequent than a one-sided contract, in which one party has gained far more than the other.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesMarshal Marmont has been called one of Napoleon's failures, but this criticism is one-sided and unjust.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonAt the front it has a one-sided irregular look; and this is owing to the non-completion of a collateral spire.
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British Dictionary definitions for one-sided
considering or favouring only one side of a matter, problem, etc
having all the advantage on one side
larger or more developed on one side
having, existing on, or occurring on one side only
another term for unilateral
denoting a surface on which any two points can be joined without crossing an edge: See Möbius strip
Derived forms of one-sided
- one-sidedly, adverb
- one-sidedness, noun
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