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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I think something probably labelled at him was that he was a bit one-dimensional, but he has grown in confidence.

From BBC

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

From The Wall Street Journal

The morning of the party, the planners installed a 20-foot-wide wooden backdrop that looked so convincingly like a fire station that a child attempted to open a one-dimensional acrylic door.

From Seattle Times

“The way they play, they all can do so much on the field and are not one-dimensional players,” manager Craig Counsell said.

From Seattle Times

“I was like, ‘OK, EmRata is this one-dimensional figure that people know from social media and bikinis,’” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

one-dimensional

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