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Definitions for Biased

[1] having or showing bias or prejudice: They gave us a biased report on immigration trends.
[2] a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography; our strong bias in favor of the idea.
[3] unreasonably hostile feelings or opinions about a social group; prejudice: accusations of racial bias.
[4] an oblique or diagonal line of direction, especially across a woven fabric.
[5] Statistics . a systematic as opposed to a random distortion of a statistic as a result of sampling procedure.
[6] Lawn Bowling . a slight bulge or greater weight on one side of the ball or bowl. the curved course made by such a ball when rolled.
[7] Electronics . the application of a steady voltage or current to an active device, as a diode or transistor, to produce a desired mode of operation.
[8] a high-frequency alternating current applied to the recording head of a tape recorder during recording in order to reduce distortion.
[9] cut, set, folded, etc., diagonally: This material requires a bias cut.
[10] in a diagonal manner; obliquely; slantingly: to cut material bias.
[11] to cause to hold or exhibit a particular bias; to influence, especially unfairly: a tearful plea designed to bias the jury; a survey biased toward highly educated people.
[12] Electronics . to apply a steady voltage or current to (the input of an active device).
[13] mental tendency or inclination, esp an irrational preference or prejudice
[14] a diagonal line or cut across the weave of a fabric
[15] electronics the voltage applied to an electronic device or system to establish suitable working conditions
[16] bowls a bulge or weight inside one side of a bowl the curved course of such a bowl on the green
[17] statistics an extraneous latent influence on, unrecognized conflated variable in, or selectivity in a sample which influences its distribution and so renders it unable to reflect the desired population parameters if T is an estimator of the parameter θ , the expected value of (T–θ )
[18] an inaudible high-frequency signal used to improve the quality of a tape recording
[19] slanting obliquely; diagonal a bias fold
[20] obliquely; diagonally
[21] (usually passive) to cause to have a bias; prejudice; influence

Words related to Biased

tendentious, partisan

Words nearby Biased

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Origin of Biased

1520–30; < Middle French biais oblique < Old Provençal, probably < Vulgar Latin *(e)bigassius < Greek epikársios oblique, equivalent to epi- epi- + -karsios oblique

Other words from Biased

bi·ased·ly , adverb
non·bi·ased , adjective
sub·bi·as , noun
su·per·bi·as , noun

Word origin for Biased

C16: from Old French biais , from Old Provençal, perhaps ultimately from Greek epikarsios oblique

Synonyms for Biased

partisan, tendentious