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Entry 8 senses Webster, 1913

One-sided

/wŭnˌ-sīd'-əd/ · One·-sid·ed · IPA /wˌʌnsˈaɪdəd/
01 a. Having one side only, or one side prominent.
  1. 1.
    Having one side only, or one side prominent.
  2. 2.
    Limited to one side; favoring one person or side over another; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement.
  3. 3.
    Having one team or party greatly superior; strongly favoring only one side; uneven; imbalanced; unequal; as, a one-sided contest; -- of contests, generally.
  4. 4.
    Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.(Bot.)
  5. 5.
    Using only one side, or having only one side usable; as, one-sided printing; one-sided film; -- used mostly of sheets of material used for printing or imaging.
  6. 6.
    Performed by only one party or side; -- of actions directly affecting more than one party. Opposite of multilateral.
  7. 7.
    out of proportion in shape.
  8. 8.
    Not reversible or capable of having either side out; -- of cloth fabrics or clothing. Opposite of reversible.
Syn. biased, colored, slanted. — Syn. -- unilateral (vs. bilateral). — Syn. -- ill-proportioned, lopsided. — Syn. -- nonreversible.