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biased

adj · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • US: /ˈbaɪəst/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪəst
  • CMU ARPABET: B AY1 AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
  • Obviously I'm biased, but...

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: partial, prejudiced, tendentious

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having outcomes with unequal probabilities; weighted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a biased coin

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Angled at a slant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The table had a biased edge.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

On which an electrical bias is applied.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

simple past and past participle of bias

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

Examples

  • She biased them against him for no apparent reason.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

favoring one person or side over another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a biased account of the trial
  • a decision that was partial to the defendant

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From bias + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bevooroordeeld — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Arabic: مُتَحَيِّز (mutaḥayyiz) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Belarusian: прадузя́ты (praduzjáty) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Belarusian: упярэ́джаны (upjarédžany) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Belarusian: старо́нны (starónny) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Belarusian: небесстаро́нні (njebjesstarónni) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Bulgarian: предубеде́н (predubedén) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Bulgarian: пристра́стен (pristrásten) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Catalan: esbiaixat — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Catalan: tendenciós — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Catalan: parcial — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有偏心的 (yǒu piānxīn de) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 懷偏見的 /怀偏见的 (huái piānjiàn de) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Czech: zaujatý — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Czech: neobjektivní — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Czech: tendenční — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Czech: předpojatý — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Danish: tilbøjelig — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Danish: partisk — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Dutch: partijdig — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Esperanto: tendenca — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Finnish: väritetty — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Finnish: vääristynyt — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Finnish: puolueellinen — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • French: partial — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • French: qui n'est pas impartial — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • French: qui a du parti pris — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • German: parteiisch — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • German: voreingenommen — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • German: tendenziös — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • German: befangen — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Hindi: पक्षपाती (pakṣapātī) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Hungarian: részrehajló — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Hungarian: elfogult — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Irish: laofa — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Irish: claonta — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Irish: leataobhach — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Italian: parziale — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Italian: pregiudizievole — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Italian: tendenzioso — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Italian: prevenuto — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Macedonian: при́страсен (prístrasen) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Māori: ngākaukino — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Māori: rītaha — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjera mismon — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Persian: جانبدارانه (jâneb-dârâne) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Polish: stronniczy — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Polish: uprzedzony — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Portuguese: tendencioso — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Romanian: părtinitor — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Russian: пристра́стный (pristrástnyj) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Russian: предубеждённый (predubeždjónnyj) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Slovak: zaujatý — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Slovene: pristrasan — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Spanish: sesgado — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Swedish: partisk — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Swedish: snedvriden — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Swedish: jävig — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Ukrainian: упере́джений (uperédženyj) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Ukrainian: необ'єкти́вний (neobʺjektývnyj) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Vietnamese: thiên vị — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Welsh: rhagfarnllyd — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Yiddish: צדדימדיק (tsdodimdik) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Yiddish: פּניותדיק (pniesdik) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Yiddish: פּאַרטיייִש (parteyish) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Yiddish: אײַנזײַטיק (aynzaytik) — exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • Finnish: vino — angled at a slant
  • Finnish: kalteva — angled at a slant
  • German: geneigt — angled at a slant
  • German: gekippt — angled at a slant
  • Italian: obliquo — angled at a slant
  • Italian: inclinato — angled at a slant
  • Māori: haukume — angled at a slant
  • Māori: rītaha — angled at a slant
  • Portuguese: oblíquo — angled at a slant
  • Portuguese: enviesado — angled at a slant
  • Russian: отклонённый (otklonjónnyj) — angled at a slant
  • Russian: смещённый (smeščónnyj) — angled at a slant
  • Spanish: en declive — angled at a slant
  • Spanish: sesgado — angled at a slant
  • Arabic: مُتَحَيِّز (mutaḥayyiz) — of statistics - showing an imbalance of a result
  • Czech: zkreslený — of statistics - showing an imbalance of a result
  • Italian: distorto — of statistics - showing an imbalance of a result
  • Māori: haukume — of statistics - showing an imbalance of a result
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