biased

1. 1
   adjective

   Showing unfair support for one side or against another.

   Like a scale that always tips to one side, no matter what you put on it.

   The referee seemed biased toward the home team.

   Her report felt biased because she talked to only one side.

   Similarprejudiced, partial, tendentious

   Oppositeimpartial, unbiased, neutral, fair

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2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of bias. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The leading question biased the survey's results.

   Her early experiences biased her view of the whole city.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Giving results that lean the wrong way because something was left out.

   Like a clock that always runs five minutes fast, so every reading is off the same way.

   The poll was biased because it skipped young voters.

   A biased sample gives numbers that do not match the real group.

   Similarskewed, distorted

   Oppositeunbiased

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4. 4
   adjective

   Made so that some results happen more often than others.

   Like a coin that is heavier on one side, so it lands the same way more often.

   A biased coin lands on heads more often than tails.

   They were playing with a biased die that favored sixes.

   Similarloaded, weighted, rigged

   Oppositefair

5. 5
   adjective

   Cut or set at a slanting angle instead of straight.

   Like a slice cut across a loaf at an angle instead of straight down.

   The fabric strip was biased, running diagonally across the weave.

   He drew a biased line that slanted from corner to corner.

   Similarslanted, diagonal, angled, oblique

   Oppositestraight, square

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6. 6
   adjective

   Having a steady electric voltage applied to set how it works.

   Like leaving a car engine idling so it is ready to go the instant you need it.

   A properly biased transistor amplifies the signal cleanly.

   The biased diode let current pass in one direction.

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