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skewedness

skewedness noun: the quality of being skewed.

Noun

skewedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being skewed.
    • However, among the Bidayuh indigenous population of Sarawak (East Malaysia), NPC incidence rates are the highest when compared to other cancers and this is an example of a regional hotspot that adds to the skewedness of this disease.2015 November 5, “Identification of Four-Jointed Box 1 (FJX1)-Specific Peptides for Immunotherapy of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of skewedness

From skewed + -ness.

Questions about skewedness

What does skewedness mean?
Skewedness means the quality of being skewed.
What part of speech is skewedness?
Skewedness is a noun.

Words near skewedness in the dictionary

  1. skewbalds
  2. Skewbs
  3. skewcrop
  4. skewed
  5. skewedly
  6. skewedness
  7. Skewen
  8. skewer
  9. skewerable
  10. skewered
  11. skewerer

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