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adjective

ˈbī-əst How to pronounce biased (audio)
Definition of biasednext
as in partial
inclined to favor one side over another in my admittedly biased opinion, my wife is always the prettiest woman in whatever room she graces

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biased

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verb

variants or biassed
past tense of bias
as in turned
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors

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Recent Examples of biased
Adjective
When automated, a biased decision process becomes training data. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Relevant and reliable numbers reveal that under and throughout de Blasio’s two mayoral terms the NYPD resumed its aggressive, starkly biased tactics. — Robert Gangi, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
Groups like EdTrust-West and The Campaign for College Opportunity, which champion equity and access to higher education, echoed that standardized tests were biased against low-income and minority students. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026 We might be biased, but Until Saturday is the 2001 Miami Hurricanes of college football newsletters. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for biased
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biased
  1. partial
  2. turned
  3. hostile
  4. prejudiced
  5. distorted
  6. convinced
  7. partisan
  8. persuaded
Adjective
  • Rooms on lower floors have at least partial views of the city.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Previous efforts to broker even a partial ceasefire have repeatedly fallen apart within hours, with both sides accusing each other of violations.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of partial
Verb
  • The Sodomites sinned and got what was coming to them; God turned their cities to rubble no one ever found.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Giant relics that once turned wood pulp into pages of different colors.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of turned
Adjective
  • Worse, her estranged sister April (Naomi Watts), a drama queen, and hostile mother, Diane (Dianne Wiest), fly in from their Michigan hair salon to add to Sandra’s suffering.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • European authorities have linked Moscow to a rising number of drone incursions, sabotage incidents, cyberattacks, and other hostile acts across the continent in recent months.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of hostile
Verb
  • Here on Earth, we are slightly prejudiced by our single sun to view stars as somewhat solitary bodies.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Texas law allows courts to reject an arbitration award when, for example, the process substantially prejudiced a party’s rights, involved fraud or arbitrator misconduct, or exceeded the arbitrator’s authority.
    — Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of prejudiced
Adjective
  • The shoegaze sound keeps evolving, as young artists keep hearing themselves in those mega-distorted waves of guitar fuzz.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Hanlen acknowledged the political attention Cunningham has attracted and suggested the public often receives a distorted impression of her.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of distorted
Verb
  • Ultimately, what convinced many of her colleagues was the reassurance that citizens would not have decisional power; the parliament had a duty to consider their recommendations but could decide not to adopt them.
    — Esther King, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Kim, who is a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, also said he was not convinced Republicans would work with Democrats next year to roll back or delay the scheduled Medicaid cuts.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of convinced
Adjective
  • Mid-decade redistricting frenzy Vance suggested that Republican state lawmakers have every right to dilute the voting power of left-leaning Kansas City amid a bitter partisan fight for control of Congress.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The key ruling came in the Louisiana case, which basically allowed partisan map-drawing so long as the lines weren’t drawn for racial reasons.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of partisan
Verb
  • Colbert’s horse was persuaded to piaffe—to trot in place, knees up, in a way that’s required in advanced dressage competitions.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In complex markets, buyers are rarely persuaded by product claims alone.
    — Saul Marquez, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of persuaded

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“Biased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biased. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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