one-dimensional

[ wuhn-di-men-shuh-nl ]

/ ˈwʌn dɪˈmɛn ʃə nl /

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adjective

having one dimension only.

having no depth or scope: a novel with one-dimensional characters.

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Origin of one-dimensional

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby one-dimensional

one-a-cat, one-acter, one-armed bandit, one-bagger, one-base hit, one-dimensional, one-down, one-eighty, one-eyed, one-handed, one-horse

Example sentences from the Web for one-dimensional

Romney is steadfast in constantly casting the election as a one-dimensional referendum on the incumbent president.
Mitt Romney Is a Lot Like Thomas E. Dewey, the Equivocating Loser to Truman|Robert Shrum|June 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Our friendship is one-dimensional: we are both passionately committed to Chen.
Chen Guangcheng’s Missing Rescuer, He ‘Pearl’ Peirong, Released|Reggie Littlejohn|May 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Hollywood is comfortable with one-dimensional caricatures of racism.
‘Mad Men’ Highlights Invisible Black People and Stain of Racism|Otis Moss III|March 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Franzen is just as critical of self-consciously tricky fiction as he is of “schmaltzy, one-dimensional” fiction.
Things Jonathan Franzen Says Are Bad for Society: Kakutani, Facebook|Josh Dzieza|March 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The reviewers denounced Rand the novelist for her one-dimensional characters, but she knew what she was about.
A Populist Frankenstein|Lee Siegel|November 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST
No, not along this line of one-dimensional, linear, simplistic form of determinism.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
A man becoming part of our folklore becomes a fey, one-dimensional, shadow-image of reality.
The Peacemaker|Alfred Coppel
But in the one-dimensional time the same bit of matter occupies different portions of time.
The Concept of Nature|Alfred North Whitehead
That informants have a one-dimensional view of earlier periods in Shoshone history may well be expected.
Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society|Robert F. Murphy
In one-dimensional geometry positions and measurements in a single line only are admitted.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6|Various