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biased

Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪəst/

The English word “biased” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.
  2. Having outcomes with unequal probabilities; weighted.
  3. Angled at a slant.
  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.

Etymology

From bias + -ed.

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