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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
Having outcomes with unequal probabilities; weighted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Angled at a slant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The table had a biased edge.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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
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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.
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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
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