Thursday, May 6, 2010

Unilateral

Tanya's unilateral decisions are hurting her marriage. For instance, she recently bought nonrefundable tickets to Florida without consulting her husband."

Context Clues:
Well Uni means one and lateral is like a direction or way. Could mean one way.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unilateral

–adjective
1.
relating to, occurring on, or involving one side only: unilateral development; a unilateral approach.
2.
undertaken or done by or on behalf of one side, party, or faction only; not mutual: a unilateral decision; unilateral disarmament.
3.
having only one side or surface; without a reverse side or inside, as a Möbius strip.

Examples of unilateral neglect from adult patients who have suffered a stroke.

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