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biased — UK US (also biassed) /ˈbaɪəst/ adjective ► preferring or disliking someone or something more than someone or something else, in a way that means that they are treated unfairly: biased against sb/sth »He believes the American justice system is… … Financial and business terms
biased — UK / US or biassed UK [ˈbaɪəst] / US adjective a) preferring one person, thing, or idea to another in a way that is unfair a biased report biased against/towards/in favour of someone/something: The salary structure was biased against women… … English dictionary
biased — index disadvantageous, ex parte, exclusive (limited), illiberal, interested, one sided, parochial, par … Law dictionary
biased — 1610s in reference to bowling, 1660s in reference to persons; pp. adjective from BIAS (Cf. bias) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
biased — [[t]ba͟ɪ͟əst[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ against/in favour of n If someone is biased, they prefer one group of people to another, and behave unfairly as a result. You can also say that a process or system is biased. He seemed a… … English dictionary
biased — bi|ased biassed [ˈbaıəst] adj 1.) unfairly preferring one person or group over another ▪ Of course I m biased, but I thought my daughter s paintings were the best. ▪ racially biased attitudes biased against/towards/in favour of ▪ news reporting… … Dictionary of contemporary English
biased — (also biassed) adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ extremely, very ▪ heavily, hopelessly, strongly … Collocations dictionary
biased — adj. 1) strongly biased 2) biased against; towards * * * [ baɪəst] towards strongly biased biased against … Combinatory dictionary
Biased — Bias Bi as, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Biased} (b[imac] ast); p. pr. & vb. n. {Biasing}.] To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess. [1913 Webster] Me it had not biased in the one direction,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
biased — adjective Date: 1649 1. exhibiting or characterized by bias; especially prejudiced 2. tending to yield one outcome more frequently than others in a statistical experiment < a biased coin > 3. having an expected value different … New Collegiate Dictionary
biased — adjective a) exhibiting bias; prejudiced The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident. b) angled at a slant The table had a biased edge … Wiktionary
