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
The showpiece against the hosts was the first genuinely one-sided final in the competition, with the Swedes unable to cope with Pele, Vava, Garrincha and the marauding Djalma Santos.
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Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Well, this has been one of the most one-sided matches of the tournament thus far.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
Grab a bench and place your left hand and your left knee on it in a one-sided tabletop position.
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Jakob Roze,
Health,
17 June 2026
Unsurprisingly, one-sided overshares lack the back-and-forth rhythm of reciprocity that helps people feel closer.
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Jessica Dulong,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Governments are increasingly unwilling to accept one-sided arrangements, nor are their citizens — Kenyans have been protesting against plans for a US Ebola center in one of its cities.
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Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
Swarming bacteria and even human crowds often behave in similarly one-sided ways.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
The love affair between Hargitay and Brunson is hardly one-sided.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 June 2026
This fight was massively one-sided from the outset.
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Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Well, this has been one of the most one-sided matches of the tournament thus far.
—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
Grab a bench and place your left hand and your left knee on it in a one-sided tabletop position.
—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
17 June 2026
Unsurprisingly, one-sided overshares lack the back-and-forth rhythm of reciprocity that helps people feel closer.
—
Jessica Dulong,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Governments are increasingly unwilling to accept one-sided arrangements, nor are their citizens — Kenyans have been protesting against plans for a US Ebola center in one of its cities.
—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
Swarming bacteria and even human crowds often behave in similarly one-sided ways.
—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
The love affair between Hargitay and Brunson is hardly one-sided.
—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 June 2026
This fight was massively one-sided from the outset.
—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-sided
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Panic inside buildings Videos circulating on social media showed people rushing out of buildings in the capital, while some users reported partial collapses and damage to structures.
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The blaze ignited Wednesday at the nearly 500,000-square-foot cold storage facility run by a company called Lineage, beginning on the roof, which caused a partial collapse and moved the flames into the building, where 85 million pounds of food are stored.
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The complaint alleges that school officials at Southern Hills Middle School failed to stop two years of antisemitic harassment against an eighth grader even after investigations concluded the student faced a hostile environment.
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Create an internal incident map and begin tagging hostile actions according to the DISARM taxonomy.
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Through a slurry of distorted guitars and deadpan singing, the album brushes against grief, addiction, and abandonment through a layer of gauzy nonchalance.
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Latvian intelligence argues that Putin is not only looking for ways to pressure NATO countries to back off Ukraine, but may also be receiving distorted assessments from inside his own system — raising the risk that Russia could misjudge Western resolve.
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The companies are offering an overtly partisan alternative to advertising gatherings that often stay far away from politics (and right-wing politics, in particular).
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Stuart Lacey, founder and CEO of Labrynth, which uses AI to measure permitting times and works with governments and businesses, said reforms need not be a partisan issue.
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To think our mayor would cheer such a tragic event is undeniably inane and incredibly biased.
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That understanding appears shattered after Read successfully obtained text messages shared between Goode and Proctor, the lead investigator of the case that led to Read being charged with O’Keefe’s murder, that painted a picture of two heavily biased and corrupt cops.
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