biased

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US/ˈbaɪəst/

adjective

Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

“a biased coin”

CommonScrabble 9

Meanings

adjectivebiased (comparative more biased, superlative most biased)

comparative more biased · superlative most biased · alternative UK biassed

  1. Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

    Obviously I'm biased, but…

    1 more example

    The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.

    Synonyms: partial, prejudiced, tendentious

  2. Having outcomes with unequal probabilities; weighted.

    a biased coin

  3. Angled at a slant.

    The table had a biased edge.

  4. businessOn which an electrical bias is applied.
  5. mathematicsExhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.
verb

alternative UK biassed

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of bias

    She biased them against him for no apparent reason.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExhibiting bias; prejudiced.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivefavoring one person or side over another

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Afrikaans bevooroordeeld
  • bevooroordeeldexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Arabic مُتَحَيِّز, مُتَحَيِّز
  • مُتَحَيِّز (mutaḥayyiz)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • مُتَحَيِّز (mutaḥayyiz)of statistics - showing an imbalance of a result
Bulgarian предубеде́н, пристра́стен
  • предубеде́н (predubedén)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • пристра́стен (pristrásten)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
Catalan esbiaixat, tendenciós
  • esbiaixatexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • tendenciósexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • parcialexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Chinese Mandarin 有偏心的, 懷偏見的 /怀偏见的
  • 有偏心的 (yǒu piānxīn de)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • 懷偏見的 /怀偏见的 (huái piānjiàn de)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
Czech zaujatý, neobjektivní
  • zaujatýexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • neobjektivníexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • tendenčníexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • předpojatýexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • zkreslenýof statistics - showing an imbalance of a result
Danish tilbøjelig, partisk
  • tilbøjeligexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • partiskexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Dutch partijdig
  • partijdigexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Esperanto tendenca
  • tendencaexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Finnish väritetty, vääristynyt
  • väritettyexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • vääristynytexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • puolueellinenexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • vinoangled at a slant
  • kaltevaangled at a slant
French partial, qui n'est pas impartial
  • partialexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • qui n'est pas impartialexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • qui a du parti prisexhibiting bias; prejudiced
German parteiisch, voreingenommen
  • parteiischexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • voreingenommenexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • tendenziösexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • befangenexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • geneigtangled at a slant
  • gekipptangled at a slant
Hindi पक्षपाती
  • पक्षपाती (pakṣapātī)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
Hungarian részrehajló, elfogult
  • részrehajlóexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • elfogultexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Irish laofa, claonta
  • laofaexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • claontaexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • leataobhachexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Italian parziale, pregiudizievole
  • parzialeexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • pregiudizievoleexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • tendenziosoexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • prevenutoexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • obliquoangled at a slant
  • inclinatoangled at a slant
  • distortoof statistics - showing an imbalance of a result
Māori ngākaukino, rītaha
  • ngākaukinoexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • rītahaexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • haukumeangled at a slant
  • rītahaangled at a slant
  • haukumeof statistics - showing an imbalance of a result
Persian جانبدارانه
  • جانبدارانه (jâneb-dârâne)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
Polish stronniczy, uprzedzony
  • stronniczyexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • uprzedzonyexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Portuguese tendencioso, oblíquo
  • tendenciosoexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • oblíquoangled at a slant
  • enviesadoangled at a slant
Romanian părtinitor
  • părtinitorexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Russian пристра́стный, предубеждённый
  • пристра́стный (pristrástnyj)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • предубеждённый (predubeždjónnyj)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • отклонённый (otklonjónnyj)angled at a slant
  • смещённый (smeščónnyj)angled at a slant
Slovak zaujatý
  • zaujatýexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Spanish sesgado, en declive
  • sesgadoexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • en decliveangled at a slant
  • sesgadoangled at a slant
Swedish partisk, snedvriden
  • partiskexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • snedvridenexhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • jävigexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Ukrainian упере́джений, необ'єкти́вний
  • упере́джений (uperédženyj)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • необ'єкти́вний (neobʺjektývnyj)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
Vietnamese thiên vị
  • thiên vịexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Welsh rhagfarnllyd
  • rhagfarnllydexhibiting bias; prejudiced
Yiddish צדדימדיק, פּניותדיק
  • צדדימדיק (tsdodimdik)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • פּניותדיק (pniesdik)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • פּאַרטיייִש (parteyish)exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • אײַנזײַטיק (aynzaytik)exhibiting bias; prejudiced

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