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Adjective: skewed  skyood
  1. Having an oblique or slanting direction or position
    "the picture was skewed";
    - skew
     
  2. (statistics) having an asymmetric probability distribution
    "The data was skewed to the right"
Verb: skew  skyoo
  1. Turn or place at an angle
    "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed"
     
  2. Cause to be biased
    "Media coverage skewed public opinion";
    - bias, predetermine
     
  3. Influence in an unfair way
    "you are skewing my choice by telling me yours";
    - bias

See also: inclined

Type of: prejudice, prepossess, reorient

Antonym: aline [non-standard]

Encyclopedia: Skewed

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