Unilateral

Definition

unilateral /ju:nÇ'lætrǝl / adj တစ္ဖက္သတ္။ take unilateral action ❍ unilateral decisions/ declarations ❍ unilateral disarmament. Compare BILATERAL, MULTILATERAL ❏ unilaterally /-rǝli / adv တစ္ဖက္သတ္။ a decision taken unilaterally.

Examples

1. ‘He weaned the party away from unilateral nuclear disarmament and outright opposition to the EU.’
2. ‘In Russia
3. some experts think that it is a unilateral disarmament of Russia.’
4. ‘Men were rarely mentioned as making unilateral decisions in these two areas.’
5. ‘Daniels' order made all of this subject to unilateral decision by state bureaucrats.’
6. ‘Whatever the merits of unilateral nuclear disarmament
7. women were a lot braver a quarter of a century ago.’
8. ‘It's a bit of a unilateral decision on my part
9. but I'm sure the director will be on my side.’
10. ‘Sometimes
11. the team makes unilateral decisions and then expects the designers to adapt.’
12. ‘We have to remember that it is the Government's unilateral process that holds up settlements.’
13. ‘Well
14. that's a unilateral decision as to how the Geneva Conventions are going to be interpreted.’
15. ‘Workers on both the admin and examining side of the department were angry about this unilateral decision without consultation.’
16. ‘The unilateral defection of some localities altered the incentives of other localities.’
17. ‘Such a unilateral decision can create problems elsewhere and should be resolved soon.’
18. ‘In the present situation
19. unilateral gestures can also do their vital bit in making the climate conducive for talks.’
20. ‘Divorce can be by mutual consent or at the initiative of the wife and by the unilateral decision of the husband.’
21. ‘It seems that unilateral nuclear disarmament is back on the agenda!’
22. ‘The junior doctor who wrote the note had taken a unilateral decision to let the 67-year-old cancer sufferer die.’
23. ‘I did not take a unilateral decision
24. and all these people turned out to be rather good at their jobs.’
25. ‘There was no unilateral agreement saying that the G8 countries need to change their trade policies.’
26. ‘I think my answer to this has always been that that's not a unilateral decision.’
27. ‘Our interests are best protected not by unilateral action but by multilateral agreement and a world order governed by rules.’