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biased

  • /ˈbaɪəst/ US

Rhymes with -aɪəst

Where it comes from

From bias + -ed.

adjective more biased · most biased · biassed

  1. Exhibiting bias; prejudiced. The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.

    Similar: partial, prejudiced, tendentious

  2. Having outcomes with unequal probabilities; weighted. a biased coin
  3. Angled at a slant. The table had a biased edge.
  4. On which an electrical bias is applied.
  5. Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.

verb biassed

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of bias She biased them against him for no apparent reason.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: partial, one-sided, partizan, partisan, unfair, slanted, colored, prejudiced, prejudicial, prejudice, predisposed, preconceived, disposed, tendentious, skill, misleading

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adj exhibiting bias; prejudiced

Españolsesgado
中文有偏心的 yǒu piānxīn de, 懷偏見的 /怀偏见的 huái piānjiàn de
हिन्दीपक्षपाती pakṣapātī
Portuguêstendencioso
Françaispartial, qui n'est pas impartial, qui a du parti pris
Deutschparteiisch, voreingenommen, tendenziös, befangen
Italianoparziale, pregiudizievole, tendenzioso, prevenuto
Românăpărtinitor
Русскийпристра́стный pristrástnyj, предубеждённый predubeždjónnyj
Tiếng Việtthiên vị
العربيةمُتَحَيِّز mutaḥayyiz

adj angled at a slant

Españolen declive, sesgado
Portuguêsoblíquo, enviesado
Deutschgeneigt, gekippt
Italianoobliquo, inclinato
Русскийотклонённый otklonjónnyj, смещённый smeščónnyj

adj of statistics - showing an imbalance of a result

Italianodistorto
العربيةمُتَحَيِّز mutaḥayyiz

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@misc{biased_2026,
  title = {biased},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/biased},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}