biased

English

Alternative forms

• biassed (UK)

Etymology

From bias +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪəst/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəst

Adjective

biased (comparative more biased, superlative most biased)

1. Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

   Synonyms: partial, prejudiced, tendentious

   The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.

2. Angled at a slant.

   The table had a biased edge.

3. (electrical engineering) On which an electrical bias is applied.
4. (statistics) Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.

Translations

exhibiting bias; prejudiced

• Afrikaans: bevooroordeeld
• Arabic: مُتَحَيِّز (mutaḥayyiz)
• Belarusian: прадузя́ты (praduzjáty), упярэ́джаны (upjarédžany), старо́нны (starónny), небесстаро́нні (njebjesstarónni)
• Bulgarian: предубеде́н (bg) (predubedén), пристра́стен (bg) (pristrásten)
• Catalan: esbiaixat (ca), tendenciós, parcial (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有偏心的 (yǒu piānxīn de), 懷偏見的／怀偏见的 (huái piānjiàn de)

• Czech: zaujatý m
• Danish: tilbøjelig, partisk
• Dutch: partijdig (nl)
• Finnish: väritetty (fi), vääristynyt, puolueellinen (fi)
• French: partial (fr), qui n’est pas impartial, qui a du parti pris
• German: parteiisch (de), voreingenommen (de), tendenziös (de), befangen (de)
• Hungarian: részrehajló (hu), elfogult (hu)
• Irish: laofa, claonta, leataobhach
• Italian: parziale (it), pregiudizievole (it), tendenzioso (it)
• Macedonian: при́страсен (prístrasen)
• Maori: ngākaukino
• Persian: جانب‌دارانه (jâneb-dârâne)
• Polish: stronniczy (pl), uprzedzony
• Portuguese: tendencioso (pt)
• Russian: пристра́стный (ru) (pristrástnyj), предубеждённый (ru) (predubeždjónnyj)
• Slovak: zaujatý
• Slovene: pristrasan
• Spanish: sesgado (es), parcial (es), tendencioso (es)
• Swedish: partisk (sv), snedvriden (sv), jävig (sv)
• Ukrainian: упере́джений (uperédženyj), необ'єкти́вний (neobʺjektývnyj)
• Vietnamese: thiên vị (vi)
• Yiddish: צדדימדיק (tsdodimdik), פּניותדיק (pniesdik), פּאַרטיייִש (parteyish), אײַנזײַטיק (aynzaytik)

angled at a slant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: vino (fi), kalteva (fi)
• German: geneigt (de), gekippt (de)
• Italian: obliquo (it), inclinato (it)
• Maori: haukume (referring to statistics)
• Portuguese: oblíquo (pt), enviesado (pt)
• Russian: отклонённый (otklonjónnyj), смещённый (ru) (smeščónnyj)
• Spanish: oblicuo (es), inclinado (es), en declive, ladeado (es), sesgado (es)

of statistics - showing an imbalance of a result

• Arabic: مُتَحَيِّز (mutaḥayyiz)
• Italian: distorto (it)
• Maori: haukume

Verb

biased

1. simple past and past participle of bias

   She biased them against him for no apparent reason.

Anagrams

• abides, debias