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biased

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bi·ased also bi·assed  (bst)
adj.
Marked by or exhibiting bias; prejudiced: gave a biased account of the trial.
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Adj.1.biased - favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"
coloured, slanted, colored, one-sided
partial - showing favoritism
biased
adjective prejudiced, weighted, one-sided, partial, distorted, swayed, warped, slanted, embittered, predisposed, jaundiced
Translations

biased, biassed [ˈbaɪəst] bias adj → partial(e) → montrant un parti pris;
to be bias(s)ed against → avoir un préjugé contre
biased, biassed [ˈbaɪəst] adj → voreingenommen;
to be bias(s)ed against → voreingenommen sein gegen
biased, biassed [ˈbaɪəst] adj → parziale;
to be bias(s)ed against → essere prevenuto/a contro


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I should like to conclude the chapter with the above appeal, but cannot, owing to my anxiety to repel a charge often made against whalemen, and which, in the estimation of some already biased minds, might be considered as indirectly substantiated by what has been said of the Frenchman's two whales.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Secretly I wanted to believe all these kind sayings, but I could not; I was afraid that my masters' partiality for me, and pride in me, biased their judgment.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
"It is of the first importance," he said, "not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities.
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