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biased en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbaɪəst/ (US)

Etymology

From bias + -ed.

Meanings

  1. Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.
    • Obviously I'm biased, but…
    • The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
  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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most biased Degree=Sup lexicographic
more biased Degree=Cmp lexicographic
biassed UK, alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

overbiased · nonbiased · unbiased · debiased · biasedness · biasedly · equibiased

Synonyms

prejudiced · partial · tendentious

Translations (84)

ca tendenciós (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · it inclinato (angled at a slant) · sk zaujatý (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · pt enviesado (angled at a slant) · de gekippt (angled at a slant) · ru предубеждённый (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · vi thiên vị (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · cs zaujatý (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · de voreingenommen (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · pl uprzedzony (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · mi rītaha (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · ru отклонённый (angled at a slant) · it prevenuto (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · ru пристра́стный (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · yi פּניותדיק (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · be прадузя́ты (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · eo tendenca (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · cy rhagfarnllyd (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · ga laofa (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · uk упере́джений (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · da tilbøjelig (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · it tendenzioso (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · cmn 有偏心的 (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · pl stronniczy (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · sv partisk (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · yi אײַנזײַטיק (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · be небесстаро́нні (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · uk необ'єкти́вний (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · nn gjera mismon (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · ga claonta (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · it parziale (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · fr partial (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · de geneigt (angled at a slant) · yi פּאַרטיייִש (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · sv snedvriden (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · ru смещённый (angled at a slant) · mk при́страсен (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · ar مُتَحَيِّز (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · fi väritetty (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · cs neobjektivní (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · it pregiudizievole (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · be старо́нны (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · es sesgado (angled at a slant) · be упярэ́джаны (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · ro părtinitor (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · bg пристра́стен (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · ar مُتَحَيِّز (of statistics - showing an imbalance of a result) · de parteiisch (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · pt oblíquo (angled at a slant) · fi vääristynyt (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · pt tendencioso (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · es sesgado (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · fi puolueellinen (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · ga leataobhach (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · mi ngākaukino (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · mi haukume (of statistics - showing an imbalance of a result) · af bevooroordeeld (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · es en declive (angled at a slant) · fa جانبدارانه (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · de tendenziös (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · ca esbiaixat (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · hu részrehajló (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · fr qui a du parti pris (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · hu elfogult (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · hi पक्षपाती (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · sl pristrasan (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · cs zkreslený (of statistics - showing an imbalance of a result) · cmn 懷偏見的 /怀偏见的 (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · bg предубеде́н (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · da partisk (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · fr qui n'est pas impartial (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · fi vino (angled at a slant) · mi rītaha (angled at a slant) · cs předpojatý (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · sv jävig (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · de befangen (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · fi kalteva (angled at a slant) · cs tendenční (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · nl partijdig (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · ca parcial (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · it distorto (of statistics - showing an imbalance of a result) · it obliquo (angled at a slant) · yi צדדימדיק (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) · mi haukume (angled at a slant)

biased en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbaɪəst/ (US)

Etymology

From bias + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of bias
    form of bias
    • She biased them against him for no apparent reason.

Forms

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biassed UK, alternative lexicographic