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English Dictionary: one-sided by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
one-sided
adj
  1. not reversible or capable of having either side out [syn: nonreversible, one-sided]
    Antonym(s): reversible, two- sided
  2. involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision"
    Synonym(s): unilateral, one-sided
    Antonym(s): many-sided, multilateral
  3. favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"
    Synonym(s): biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   One-sided \One`-sid"ed\, a.
      1. Having one side only, or one side prominent; hence,
            limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a
            one-sided view or statement. [bd]Unguarded and one-sided
            language.[b8] --T. Arnold.
  
      2. (Bot.) Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided
            flowers. -- {One`-sid"ed-ly}, adv. -- {One`-sid"ed*ness},
            n.
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