one-sided

adjective

ˈwən-ˈsī-dəd How to pronounce one-sided (audio)
Definition of one-sidednext
as in partial
inclined to favor one side over another my neighbor's account of how the feud got started was somewhat one-sided

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Recent Examples of one-sided Beneath its upbeat production, the lyrics offer a clever reminder that accountability is rarely one-sided. — Qygwork, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026 Disney insiders are said to be viewing the book as a one-sided revisionist history. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 Or maybe they’ve been teased themselves after delivering a complete but one-sided conversation while fully asleep at a slumber party. — Michael R. Nadorff, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026 Penalties one-sided so far The 15-yard penalty for roughing the kicker that extended a New England drive in the third quarter was just the latest flag on the Seahawks. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for one-sided
Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-sided
  1. partial
  2. hostile
  3. distorted
  4. partisan
  5. biased
Adjective
  • That election gave him a partial senate term representing much of North and West Tarrant County.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The embassy said in a statement Monday that partial curfews had been introduced in several French cities, with additional restrictions possible.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of partial
Adjective
  • About 70% of the members of Brazil’s lower house and 80% of the Senate are considered to be hostile to environmental and climate agendas, according to the observatory.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In a turnabout from Orbán’s hostile approach to Kyiv, Magyar’s government has expressed solidarity with Ukraine and designated Russia a national security threat.
    — Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of hostile
Adjective
  • Co-produced by John Congleton, the record swaps synth-pop for gutter-punk, with distorted guitars and clattering surf riffs as its weapons of choice.
    — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Obviously, a child who recently suffered a serious head trauma is far from a reliable narrator, and in the premiere, Paley leans into the subjectivity with distorted sound and imagery.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of distorted
Adjective
  • The liberal justice took aim at the conservative majority’s rulings on the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance and partisan gerrymandering.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • But critics accuse chief commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of being partisan to Prime Minister Modi's party.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of partisan
Adjective
  • In prior internal meetings and emails, staff and consultants had criticized Citation’s water sampling practices as biased in favor of the company’s conclusion that rainfall was causing old pollution to resurface.
    — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • With this decision, one of the last important barriers to gerrymandering fell, and many state governments promptly set off on a spree of biased mapmaking, hoping to stack the deck before the big card game this November.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of biased

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“One-sided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-sided. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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