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Adjective: biased  bI-ust
  1. Favouring one person or side over another
    "a biased account of the trial";
    - colored [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], one-sided, slanted
     
  2. (statistics, of a sample) not representative of a distribution
    "a biased sample"
     
  3. (statistics) not correct on average over a distribution
    "a biased estimator"
Verb: bias (biased,biasing,biases, also biassed,biassing)  bI-us
  1. Influence in an unfair way
    "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours";
    - skew
     
  2. Cause to be biased
    "The survey questions biased the results";
    - predetermine, skew

See also: partial

Type of: prejudice, prepossess

Encyclopedia: Biased

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