Synonyms

skewed

American

[skyood] / skyud /

adjective

distorted or biased; giving an unfair or misleading view of something.

After the global financial crisis, he came to realize that traditional economic models offer very skewed representations of actual economic reality.
having an oblique or slanting direction or position; shaped, cut, or placed on a slant.

When mounting a streetlight pole, orientation of the anchor bolts is important so that the pole base is not skewed in relation to the centerline of the roadway.
deliberately slanted so as to conform to a specific concept or attitude, cater to the interests of a particular group, etc. (sometimes used in combination).

The network has launched a new youth-skewed telenovela that has been averaging around 28 million viewers in Brazil.
His world view is skewed to the concept that the strong exist to dominate the weak, so he judges people by their direct worth to him.
Statistics. (of a distribution) having a disproportionate number of data points above or below the mean.

There is a very skewed distribution of income, with the top 20 percent of the population earning 20 times what is earned by the poorest 20 percent.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of skew.

Other Word Forms

unskewed adjective

Etymology

Origin of skewed

skew ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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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

He was more, however—or at least other—than the Met’s heavily skewed, process-oriented exhibition proposes.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Workers had the upper hand in the labor market, but today is more balanced and perhaps more skewed toward employers.”

From MarketWatch

Shutdown-related methodological challenges and late price data collection in November likely skewed the overall picture.

From Barron's

"The risks remain skewed towards a faster cadence or larger decline in rates," said Pantheon, pointing to the Fed's impending leadership change with the 2026 departure of Chair Jerome Powell.

From Barron's

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