biased

especially British, bi·assed

[bahy-uhst]

adjective

1. having or showing bias or prejudice.

   They gave us a biased report on immigration trends.

Other Word Forms

• biasedly adverb
• nonbiased adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of biased¹

First recorded in 1605–15; bias + -ed ²

Example Sentences

My mom has slowly been perfecting her mac and cheese recipes over the years, and I may be biased, but I think it’s hands down the best mac and cheese in the world.

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Caroline Daniel, who along with Prescott, also used to be an external editorial adviser, was asked if she thought her former colleague's memo was biased.

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They mirror student satisfaction or perceived fairness and are often biased.

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She also says she does not believe they are biased against Greenlanders.

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To remove the often biased self-reporting that goes with virtues, our instrument measures only values, which are underlying motivations.

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Related Words

• partisan 
• tendentious