Definition of "one-sided" []

• Favoring one side or group; partial or biased: a one-sided view. (adjective)
• Characterized by the domination of one competitor over another: a one-sided basketball game. (adjective)
• Larger or more developed on one side: a one-sided pattern. (adjective)
• Existing or occurring on one side only. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In announcing Japan's intervention, Finance Minister Yoshiko Noda said the government was moving to counter what he called "one-sided," "excessive" and speculator-driven rises in the yen."
• "Jerram cites an abundant historical literature on homosexuality - what he calls a "one-sided archive" - demonstrating that at the turn of the century middle-class gay men were beginning to see themselves in terms of sexual preference."
• "In a telephone conference with reporters later she said Washington opposed the word "illegal" in the draft resolution she called one-sided."