# biased

Pronunciation: say "BY-uhst" /ˈbaɪəst/

## Adjective

1. Showing unfair preference for or against someone or something; prejudiced.
   - Simple: Showing unfair support for one side or against another.
   - _Critics dismissed the documentary as biased and one-sided._
   - _A biased juror cannot weigh the evidence fairly._
3. Showing a systematic distortion in results caused by a factor that was not accounted for; skewed.
   - Simple: Giving results that lean the wrong way because something was left out.
   - _The estimator was biased, consistently overstating the true mean._
   - _Researchers found the survey biased toward wealthier households._
4. Made so that its possible outcomes do not all have equal probability; weighted.
   - Simple: Made so that some results happen more often than others.
   - _The dice were biased, rolling sixes far more often than chance allows._
   - _A biased spinner brings up one color more often than the rest._
5. Set or cut at a slant rather than straight or square.
   - Simple: Cut or set at a slanting angle instead of straight.
   - _The tailor used a biased strip to bind the curved edge._
   - _Each panel was biased, set at a slant rather than square to the frame._
6. Having an electrical bias applied; set to a chosen operating voltage or current.
   - Simple: Having a steady electric voltage applied to set how it works.
   - _The amplifier's biased transistor held a steady operating point._
   - _Engineers adjusted the biased input stage to reduce distortion._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of bias. — simple past and past participle of bias
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of bias. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _A poorly worded question biased the entire poll._
   - _Years of negative coverage biased the public against the company._

## Origin

Formed from "bias" with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/biased (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).