one-dimensional
Americanadjective
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having one dimension only.
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having no depth or scope.
a novel with one-dimensional characters.
Etymology
Origin of one-dimensional
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Club chairman Fred Ridley has bemoaned how professional golf has become increasingly one-dimensional and dominated by long hitters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
While none of my formal education prepared me for this type of editing, the largely one-dimensional style of bot writing is always easy to detect.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
Theoretical studies suggest that shrinking materials down even further into one-dimensional structures could produce even more remarkable electro-optical effects.
From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026
This hire is either a masterstroke that fuels the Trojans’ return to glory — or the point of no return for a head coach desperate to prove he’s not just a one-dimensional offensive savant.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026
For example, two-dimensional animals living on a one-dimensional earth would have to climb over each other in order to get past each other.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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