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one-sided

 
Dictionary: one-sid·ed   (wŭn''dĭd)
adj.
  1. Favoring one side or group; partial or biased: a one-sided view.
  2. Characterized by the domination of one competitor over another: a one-sided basketball game.
  3. Larger or more developed on one side: a one-sided pattern.
  4. Existing or occurring on one side only.
one-sidedly one'-sid'ed·ly adv.
one-sidedness one'-sid'ed·ness n.

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The adjective has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: not reversible or capable of having either side out
  Synonym: nonreversible

Meaning #2: involving only one part or side
  Synonym: unilateral

Meaning #3: out of proportion in shape
  Synonyms: ill-proportioned, lopsided

Meaning #4: favoring one person or side over another
  Synonyms: biased, colored, coloured, slanted

Meaning #5: excessively devoted to one faction
  Synonym: biased


Translations: One-sided
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ensidet, ensidig

Nederlands (Dutch)
eenzijdig, partijdig

Français (French)
adj. - partial, unilatéral, inégal, inique, à sens unique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - einseitig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μονόπλευρος, μεροληπτικός

Italiano (Italian)
parziale, unilaterale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - unilateral

Русский (Russian)
ассиметричный, однобокий, односторонний

Español (Spanish)
adj. - parcial, unilateral, desigual, asimétrico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ensidig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
片面的, 不均衡的, 一面倒的, 不等的, 偏于一方的, 单侧的, 单边的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 片面的, 不均衡的, 一面倒的, 不等的, 偏于一方的, 單側的, 單邊的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불공평한, 한쪽만 발달한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 片側の, 一方に偏した, 不公平な, 一方的な, 一面的な, 片側だけの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متحيز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חד-צדדי, לא הוגן, נושא פנים לאחד הצדדים, גדול או מפותח יותר בצד אחד‬


 
 
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