BIASED


Meaning of BIASED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ baɪəst ]

1.

If someone is biased , they prefer one group of people to another, and behave unfairly as a result. You can also say that a process or system is biased .

He seemed a bit biased against women in my opinion...

The judge was biased.

= prejudiced

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ against/in favour of n

2.

If something is biased towards one thing, it is more concerned with it than with other things.

University funding was tremendously biased towards scientists.

ADJ : v-link ADJ towards n

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