WEIGHTED


Meaning of WEIGHTED in English

weight ‧ ed /ˈweɪtəd, ˈweɪtɪd/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Word Family: adjective : ↑ overweight ≠ ↑ underweight , ↑ weighted , ↑ weighty , ↑ weightless ; verb : ↑ weigh , ↑ outweigh , ↑ weight ; noun : ↑ weight , weights, ↑ weighting ]

giving an advantage or disadvantage to one particular group or activity ⇨ biased

weighted against

The voting system is weighted against the smaller parties.

weighted in favour of somebody/something

This year’s pay increase is heavily weighted in favour of the lower paid staff.

weighted towards

The course is weighted towards language skills.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.