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biased

American  
[bahy-uhst] / ˈbaɪ əst /
especially British, biassed

adjective

  1. having or showing bias or prejudice.

    They gave us a biased report on immigration trends.


Other Word Forms

  • biasedly adverb
  • nonbiased adjective

Etymology

Origin of biased

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

Example Sentences

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He makes liberal use of a biased Roman biography that likewise reveals its point of view in its title: “The Life of Marcus Antoninus, Philosopher.”

From The Wall Street Journal

His mission is to turn theoretical physics into functional quantum computers "to solve otherwise unsolvable problems" and he admits he's biased but says these chandeliers are the best performing in the world.

From BBC

Some of its executives and researchers had concerns about the safety of such technology, which has the potential to produce inaccurate, biased or otherwise problematic information.

From The Wall Street Journal

The committee criticised the minutes as giving a "biased picture" of the meeting and said it showed pressure coming from two councillors who pressed away fans should not attend the game.

From BBC

This means that the root of the bias problem is not merely in addressing biased training data or skewed outputs, but in the market structures that shape technology design in the first place.

From Salon