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one-eyed

adjective

Definition of one-eyed 

1 : having one eye : having the sight of only one eye
2 : lacking breadth of vision : narrow in outlook our naïve submission to the one-eyed methodology of the physical sciences— Lewis Mumford

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Other Words from one-eyed

one-eyedness \ ¦⸗¦ī(ə̇)dnə̇s \ noun, plural -es

History and Etymology for one-eyed

Middle English oon-eyed, from oon one + eyed

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