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One-sided   /wən-sˈaɪdəd/   Listen
adjective
One-sided  adj.  
1.
Having one side only, or one side prominent.
2.
Hence: Limited to one side; favoring one person or side over another; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement. "Unguarded and one-sided language."
Synonyms: biased, colored, slanted.
3.
Having one team or party greatly superior; strongly favoring only one side; uneven; imbalanced; unequal; as, a one-sided contest; of contests, generally.
4.
(Bot.) Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.
5.
Using only one side, or having only one side usable; as, one-sided printing; one-sided film; used mostly of sheets of material used for printing or imaging.
6.
Performed by only one party or side; of actions directly affecting more than one party. Opposite of multilateral.
Synonyms: unilateral (vs. bilateral).
7.
Out of proportion in shape.
Synonyms: ill-proportioned, lopsided.
8.
Not reversible or capable of having either side out; of cloth fabrics or clothing. Opposite of reversible.
Synonyms: nonreversible.





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"One-sided" Quotes from Famous Books



... not merely that I am so weak now, and that his mocking goads me. I would have been through with him in any case. He is so narrow—so one-sided. ...
— The Journal of Arthur Stirling - "The Valley of the Shadow" • Upton Sinclair
... their appearance had been the signal, the aero-subs in action against the first line of American planes broke out of the one-sided fight and dived for their mother ships, while a mere handful of the American planes started back for home to prepare anew ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 • Various
... Mr. Cotton resembled conversation with his wife, in that it was apt to be one-sided, life having taught him to take the side not patronised by Mrs. Cotton. When, however, severed from her, he was capable of imparting rudimentary fragments of fact, and one of these he now ...
— Mount Music • E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross
... result of wisdom and experience. This is the honey that the learned have gathered. Kings should gather wisdom from various sources. One cannot accomplish his course through the world with the aid of a morality that is one-sided. Duty must spring from the understanding; and the practices of those that are good should always be ascertained, O son of Kuru! Attend to these words of mine. Only kings that are possessed of superior intelligence can rule, expecting victory. A king should provide ...
— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 - Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 • Unknown
... borne by the Spaniards with a resolution that nothing could surpass. With dauntless tenacity they kept their 'eagle formation,' so useful at Lepanto, through seven dire days of most one-sided fighting. Whenever occasion seemed to offer, the Spaniards did their best to close, to grapple, and to board, as had their heroes at Lepanto. But the English merely laughed, ran in, just out of reach, poured in a shattering broadside between wind and water, stood ...
— Elizabethan Sea Dogs • William Wood


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