biased
/ˈbaɪəst/
biased adjective: exhibiting bias; prejudiced. Also the simple past and past participle of bias.
Adjective
biased (comparative more biased, superlative most biased)
- Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.
- The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
- Obviously I'm biased, but…
- Synonyms:
- partial, prejudiced, tendentious
- Having outcomes with unequal probabilities; weighted.
- a biased coin
- Angled at a slant.
- The table had a biased edge.
- On which an electrical bias is applied.
- Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.
Also used as
biased is also the simple past and past participle of bias.
biased meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
biased in Hindi
- exhibiting bias; prejudiced
- पक्षपाती pakṣapātī
biased in Marathi
- पक्षपाती
biased in Urdu
- متعصبانہ
biased in Bengali
- পক্ষপাতদুষ্ট, পক্ষপাতিত্বপূর্ণ
More languagesFewer languages
- biased in Telugu
- పక్షపాతంగా
- biased in Malayalam
- പക്ഷപാതപരം, പക്ഷപാതപരമായി
- biased in Gujarati
- પક્ષપાતપૂર્ણ
- biased in Odia
- ପକ୍ଷପାତୀ
- biased in Nepali
- पक्षपाती, पक्षपातपूर्ण
- biased in Arabic
- مُتَحَيِّز mutaḥayyiz
- biased in Persian
- جانبدارانه jâneb-dârâne
- biased in Vietnamese
- thiên vị
Examples of biased in a sentence
- Despite being biased and often untrue, propaganda material can be useful in OSINT analysis.
- A toss of a loaded die is still random, though biased.
- Thomas Kuhn's landmark “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” got people talking about paradigm shifts, to the point the word itself now suggests an incomplete or biased perspective.
Synonyms of biased
Forms of biased
| comparative | more biased |
|---|---|
| superlative | most biased |
| alternative UK | biassed |
Origin of biased
From bias + -ed.
Words formed from biased
Questions about biased
- What does biased mean?
- Biased means exhibiting bias; prejudiced.
- What is biased in Hindi?
- Biased in Hindi is पक्षपाती (pakṣapātī). See Biased meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is biased?
- Biased is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce biased?
- Biased is pronounced /ˈbaɪəst/ (US).
Words near biased in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: biased (page history and authors); biased (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biased (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biased (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biased (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biased (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biased (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biased (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biased (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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