biased
biased Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something; lacking neutrality or objectivity.
"The committee rejected the report because its conclusions were clearly biased in favor of the sponsor."
Exhibiting a systematic distortion in a statistical sample, measurement, or algorithm that causes the result to differ from the true value.
"Relying solely on voluntary online polls produced a heavily biased estimate of voter turnout."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse the noun "bias" with the adjective "biased"; writing "he is bias" instead of "he is biased" is a common grammatical error resulting from dropping the final -ed in casual speech.
• Rhymes for biased
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed from the noun and verb "bias," which entered English in the 16th century from Middle French "biais" (meaning a slant or oblique line). In the game of lawn bowls, a biased ball was weighted on one side so it would curve unfairly toward a favored direction.