biased
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Favoring one person, group, or side over another in an unfair way: Showing an unjust preference or prejudice that prevents impartial judgment.
- Having a skewed or distorted perspective: Influenced by personal feelings, interests, or preconceptions, leading to a lack of objectivity.
Usage
- The word "biased" describes a person, opinion, statement, report, or process that is not neutral or fair. It implies a lack of balance and a tendency to support one viewpoint without adequate consideration of alternatives.
- It is commonly used in contexts involving judgment, reporting, research, and decision-making to criticize a lack of fairness.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The journalist was accused of writing a biased article that favored the mayor.
- The study's results are considered biased because the company funding it sells the product being tested.
- It's hard to get a fair trial if the jury is biased against the defendant.
Advanced Usage
- "to be biased toward(s)/in favor of": To show unfair preference for someone or something.
- The manager is biased toward candidates from his own university.
- "to be biased against": To show unfair prejudice or dislike against someone or something.
- The old policy was biased against younger applicants.
Variants and Related Words
- Bias (n): A strong feeling in favor of or against one group, person, or thing, often considered unfair.
- The researcher tried to eliminate any bias from the experiment.
- Unbiased (adj): The opposite of biased; fair and impartial.
- We need an unbiased observer to settle this dispute.
Synonyms
- Prejudiced: Having a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason.
- Partial: Favoring one side in a dispute above the other.
- One-sided: Considering or showing only one side of an issue; unbalanced.
- Slanted: Presenting information from a particular angle, especially a biased one.
Antonyms
- Impartial: Treating all rivals or disputants equally.
- Neutral: Not supporting or helping either side in a conflict.
- Objective: Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions; considering only facts.
- Fair: Treating people equally without favoritism or discrimination.
Idioms and Phrases
- "A biased sample": In statistics or research, a sample that is not representative of the whole population, leading to skewed results.
- The survey only asked people in one neighborhood, so it's a biased sample.
- "Show one's bias": To reveal one's partiality or prejudice.
- By interrupting only one speaker, the moderator showed her bias.
Adjective
- favoring one person or side over another
- a biased account of the trial
- a decision that was partial to the defendant