Biased


having or showing bias or prejudice:
They gave us a biased report on immigration trends.
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.
unreasonably hostile feelings or opinions about a social group; prejudice:
accusations of racial bias.
an oblique or diagonal line of direction, especially across a woven fabric.
Statistics. a systematic as opposed to a random distortion of a statistic as a result of sampling procedure.
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.

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.
a high-frequency alternating current applied to the recording head of a tape recorder during recording in order to reduce distortion.
cut, set, folded, etc., diagonally:
This material requires a bias cut.
in a diagonal manner; obliquely; slantingly:
to cut material bias.
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.
Electronics. to apply a steady voltage or current to (the input of an active device).
on the bias,

in the diagonal direction of the cloth.
out of line; slanting.

Contemporary Examples

Gay Marriage Vs. the First Amendment James Poulos August 21, 2014
Too Sexy for Italy? Barbie Latza Nadeau August 14, 2009
Why Favoritism Is Virtuous: The Case Against Fairness Stephen T. Asma December 6, 2012
Gaza After The Dust Settled Kathleen Peratis February 18, 2013
25 Years of ‘Battle Cry of Freedom’: An Interview With James M. McPherson Marc Wortman June 17, 2013

Historical Examples

Lives of Celebrated Women Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome Apicius
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 5 (of 14) Elbert Hubbard
Old Familiar Faces Theodore Watts-Dunton
She Stands Accused Victor MacClure

noun
mental tendency or inclination, esp an irrational preference or prejudice
a diagonal line or cut across the weave of a fabric
(electronics) the voltage applied to an electronic device or system to establish suitable working conditions
(bowls)

a bulge or weight inside one side of a bowl
the curved course of such a bowl on the green

(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)

an inaudible high-frequency signal used to improve the quality of a tape recording
adjective
slanting obliquely; diagonal: a bias fold
adverb
obliquely; diagonally
verb (transitive) -ases, -asing, -ased, -asses, -assing, -assed
(usually passive) to cause to have a bias; prejudice; influence
adj.
n.

For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he rejects difficult things from impatience of research; sober things, because they narrow hope; the deeper things of nature, from superstition; the light of experience, from arrogance and pride, lest his mind should seem to be occupied with things mean and transitory; things not commonly believed, out of deference to the opinion of the vulgar. Numberless in short are the ways, and sometimes imperceptible, in which the affections colour and infect the understanding. [Francis Bacon, “Novum Organum,” 1620]

v.

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