one-sided
[wuhn-sahy-did]
- 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.
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Origin of one-sided
First recorded in 1805–15
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Contemporary Examples
I find both “admirer” and “suitor” to be presumptuous and one-sided.
The play was so one-sided that it does not merit detailed description.
The one-sided Jay Z melee was quickly forgotten, as tabloids printed news of a rekindled relationship between Drake and Rihanna.
Historically, migraines were labeled a hysterical female condition, characterized by throbbing, one-sided, nauseating pain.
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Their one-sided condemnation of '48 is a rejection of our democratic Zionism.
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Historical Examples
But it was a one-sided struggle and lasted only for a second or two.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
Yet the one-sided silence lived, with the terrible tenacity of evil.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
And don't be one-sided, my dear madam; it's not considerate, it's not kind.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
I shall try to avoid falling into the error of a one-sided view.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
But the characters of men are one-sided and accept this or that aspect of the truth.
SophistPlato
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 edgeSee Möbius strip
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