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one-dimensional

[wuhn-di-men-shuh-nl] / ˈwʌn dɪˈmɛn ʃə nl /
ADJECTIVE
superficial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
peripheral shallow sketchy warped
WEAK
apparent casual cosmetic cursory depthless desultory empty evident exterior external flash flimsy frivolous general glib half-baked hasty hurried ignorant inattentive lightweight nodding on the surface ostensible outward partial passing perfunctory quick-fix seeming shoal silly skin-deep slapdash slight smattery summary surface tip of the iceberg trivial uncritical

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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

The risk for Reed, however, was coming off as one-dimensional.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

They demonstrated the effectiveness of this algorithm by preparing the vacuum state and hadrons within a one-dimensional version of quantum electrodynamics.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025

"Whereas Grande had a relatively one-dimensional role to play in part one, Glinda now faces a complex evolution," he said.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

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