one-sided

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one-sided

adjective more one-sided · most one-sided

  1. Partial or biased in favour of one faction or demographic group. We were robbed! That referee was definitely one-sided.
  2. With one competitor dominant over the other. It was a swift, one-sided fight, all over in the second round.
  3. Out of proportion or lopsided.
  4. Having only one side, like a Möbius strip.
  5. Turned to one side.
  6. of a modality That is necessarily or absolutely different than the respective coordinate alethic or temporal modality, but not its opposite.

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adj having only one side

中文單側 /单侧 dāncè, 單面 /单面
Deutscheinseitig
Ελληνικάμονόπλευρος monóplevros
Русскийодносторо́нний odnostorónnij

adj partial or biased in favour of one faction

Españolpartidista
中文偏袒 piāntǎn, 偏頗 /偏颇 piānpō
Portuguêsparcial, unilateral
Deutschparteiisch
Ελληνικάμεροληπτικός meroliptikós
Românăpartinic
Русскийодносторо́нний odnostorónnij

adj with one competitor dominant over the other

Españolunilateral
中文一面倒 yīmiàndǎo
Portuguêsunilateral
Deutscheinseitig
Românăunilateral

adj out of proportion or lopsided

中文不成比例 bùchéngbǐlì, 失衡 shīhéng
Deutscheinseitig
Românăunilateral

adj (botany) turned to one side

中文偏向一側 /偏向一侧 piānxiàng yī cè, 偏側生 /偏侧生

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@misc{one_sided_2026,
  title = {one-sided},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/one-sided},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}