biased

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈbaɪəst/

Adjective

biased

1. Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

   The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.

   Synonyms: partial, prejudiced, tendentious

2. Angled at a slant.

   The table had a biased edge.

3. (electrical engineering) On which an electrical bias is applied.
4. (statistics) Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.

Translations

• French: partial, qui n'est pas impartial, qui a du parti pris
• German: parteiisch, voreingenommen, tendenziös
• Italian: parziale, pregiudizievole, tendenzioso
• Portuguese: tendencioso
• Russian: пристра́стный
• Spanish: sesgado, parcial, tendencioso

Translations

• German: geneigt, gekippt
• Italian: obliquo, inclinato
• Portuguese: oblíquo, enviesado
• Russian: отклонённый
• Spanish: oblicuo, inclinado, en declive, ladeado, sesgado

Translations

• Italian: distorto

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of bias

   She biased them against him for no apparent reason.

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