one-sided

[wuhn-sahy-did]

adjective

1. considering but one side of a matter or question; partial or unfair.

   a one-sided judgment.

2. with one party, contestant, side, etc., vastly superior; unbalanced; unequal.

   a one-sided fight.

3. existing or occurring on one side only.

4. having but one side, or but one developed or finished side.

5. having one side larger or more developed than the other.

6. Law.,  involving the action of one person only.

7. having the parts all on one side, as an inflorescence.

one-sided

adjective

1. considering or favouring only one side of a matter, problem, etc

2. having all the advantage on one side

3. larger or more developed on one side

4. having, existing on, or occurring on one side only

5. another term for unilateral

6. denoting a surface on which any two points can be joined without crossing an edge See Möbius strip

Other Word Forms

• one-sidedly adverb
• one-sidedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of one-sided¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Related Words

• discriminatory 
• partisan 
• unequal 
• unfair 
• unjust