biased
adjectiveverbattested in dialogue
- United States//ˈbaɪəst//
Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.
adjective
- 1
Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.
The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
Obviously I'm biased, but…
- 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.
Etymology
From bias + -ed.
verb
- 1
Also a form of biassimple past and past participle of bias
She biased them against him for no apparent reason.
Forms
- comparative
- more biased
- superlative
- most biased