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English

Adjective

  1. partial|Partial or biased in favour of one faction
  2. : We were robbed! That referee was definitely one-sided.
  3. With one competitor dominant over the other
  4. : It was a swift, one-sided fight, all over in the second round.
  5. Out of proportion or lopsided
  6. Having only one side, like a Möbius strip


io:one-sided vi:one-sided zh:one-sided

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English One-sided \One`-sid"ed\, a.
1. Having one side only, or one side prominent.
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence: Limited to one side; favoring one person or side
over another; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided
view or statement. [WordNet sense 5] "Unguarded and
one-sided language." --T. Arnold.

Syn: biased, colored, slanted.
[1913 Webster]

3. Having one team or party greatly superior; strongly
favoring only one side; uneven; imbalanced; unequal; as, a
one-sided contest; -- of contests, generally. [WordNet
sense 4]
[PJC]

4. (Bot.) Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided
flowers.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[PJC]

6. Performed by only one party or side; -- of actions
directly affecting more than one party. Opposite of
multilateral. [WordNet sense 2]

Syn: unilateral (vs. bilateral).
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

7. out of proportion in shape.

Syn: ill-proportioned, lopsided.
[WordNet 1.5]

8. Not reversible or capable of having either side out; -- of
cloth fabrics or clothing. Opposite of reversible.
[WordNet sense 1]

Syn: nonreversible.
[WordNet 1.5] -- One`-sid"ed*ly, adv. --
One`-sid"ed*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet one-sided
adj 1: not reversible or capable of having either side out [syn: nonreversible]
[ant: reversible]
2: involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a
unilateral decision" [syn: unilateral] [ant: multilateral,
bilateral]
3: out of proportion in shape [syn: ill-proportioned, lopsided]
4: favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account
of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the
defendant" [syn: biased, colored, coloured, slanted]
5: excessively devoted to one faction [syn: biased]
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