one-sided
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4.0
- adjective
- /ˈwʌnˈsaɪdɪd/
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unilateral
- Her argument was so one-sided that it failed to consider the other party's point of view.
- one-sided conversation
- one-sided dialogue
But because of prison, like it's not as one sided as you think.
- But because of prison, like it's not as one sided as you think.
- Has it been a mutual effort or one sided pursuit?
- I know, but that's a very specific one sided face stretch.
- And for years she believed their one sided gaslighted rhetoric.
- You don't realise maybe your needs aren't really being met or it's one sided.
- If we got to that point when I do the same for you, I ain't no one sided person.
- But it's hard in the sense the downside with that is that I never really belong anywhere because I'm not that one sided as an individual.
- The chorus has an important role, but a one sided and mistaken conception of what's really taking place.
Examples
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- This conversation is very one-sided.
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My press release described the report as "one-sided, flawed, and shoddy."
Academic text (2000) -
I am not gonna be part of a one-sided relationship any longer!
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Yeah, it seemed a little one-sided to me.
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You were very sweet but our relationship was too one-sided.
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After you left today, I realized that our friendship was a little one-sided.
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Most Americans were not aware of how one-sided and biased... ...the coverage had been.
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Although it offers instructive reading, it also presents a one-sided view of service provision.
Academic text (2007) -
- Um Eddie, the doctor wants you to come to the meetings because he's getting a very one-sided picture of our relationship, which is true.
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All my education in Israel was one-sided, treating the other as the enemy, the murderers, the rioters, the terrorists.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
363
6.7
Showing strong support for one side and not being fair
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4.0
Showing unfair favor to one person, group, or side
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7.2
Affecting only one side or person
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5.6
Showing unfair preference for a person, group, or view
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6.2
Showing unfair support for one person or group
Antonyms
How One-Sided
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
One-sided is formed from one and side, with one meaning 'single' and side meaning 'point of view' or 'part'. So a one-sided argument or relationship shows only 'one point of view' and feels not fair.