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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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Much of the criticism around the playing style has been that Stokes' side were too one-dimensional, particularly with the bat.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

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

How the Chargers can win: Put the clamps on Philadelphia’s running game, as other teams have done, and make the Eagles more one-dimensional.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 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