biased
Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪəst/
The English word “biased” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.
- Having outcomes with unequal probabilities; weighted.
- Angled at a slant.
- On which an electrical bias is applied.
- 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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