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biased adjective prejudiced, weighted, one-sided, partial, distorted, swayed, warped, slanted, embittered, predisposed, jaundiced The judge was biased. Translations biased [ˈbaɪəst] adj [person, process, system] → partial(e); [judgement, language] → montrant un parti pris; [reporting] → tendancieux/euse to be biased [person] → n'être pas impartial(e) to be biased against → avoir un préjugé contre to be biased towards, to be biased in favour of → favoriser biased, (US) biassed adj → voreingenommen, befangen; … but then I’m biased → … aber ich bin natürlich voreingenommen or befangen; biased toward(s) somebody/something → gegenüber jdm/einer Sache voreingenommen; biased in favour (Brit) or favor (US) of/against → voreingenommen für/gegen biased biassed [ˈbaɪəst] adj → parziale to be biased against → essere prevenuto/a contro biased biassed [ˈbaɪəst] adj → parziale to be biased against → essere prevenuto/a contro How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. "It is of the first importance," he said, "not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. |
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