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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or biassed
as in prejudiced
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
Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Carr has also revived FCC investigations into whether CBS, ABC, and Comcast Corp.’s NBC are politically biased and begun a probe into whether commercials aired on public broadcasters NPR and PBS violate federal law.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 July 2025
There can be data bias, which is when AI systems are trained on biased data that can contain an overrepresentation of some groups (white people for example) and an underrepresented of other groups (non-white people for example).
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
And Read’s many supporters – both outside the Dedham, Massachusetts, courthouse and online – championed her case, echoing her allegations of police corruption as her defense inside the courtroom painted the investigation as flawed and biased.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
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Adjective
Hein has been called biased and ego-driven in multiple public documents and statements since becoming a judge in 1999.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Carr has also revived FCC investigations into whether CBS, ABC, and Comcast Corp.’s NBC are politically biased and begun a probe into whether commercials aired on public broadcasters NPR and PBS violate federal law.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 July 2025
There can be data bias, which is when AI systems are trained on biased data that can contain an overrepresentation of some groups (white people for example) and an underrepresented of other groups (non-white people for example).
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
And Read’s many supporters – both outside the Dedham, Massachusetts, courthouse and online – championed her case, echoing her allegations of police corruption as her defense inside the courtroom painted the investigation as flawed and biased.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biased
Adjective
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The mission of many SEL programs reflects a view that instilling grade assessed knowledge is only a partial goal of education and that the classroom is the first opportunity for many students to interact with others of various backgrounds, beliefs and abilities.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Estimating the number of QAnon believers is difficult because many individuals do not openly identify with the movement, and those who do often hold a range of loosely connected or partial beliefs rather than adhering to a consistent or uniform ideology.—
Art Jipson,
The Conversation,
19 July 2025
Adjective
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Five days later, on July 8, an attorney for the city manager submitted a letter of potential claim against the city citing defamation, harassment and creation of a hostile work environment.—
Anita Edmondson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2025
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In early October 2022, the ruling said, McCarty filed a hostile work environment complaint with the police department.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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As a result, the protective force field scientists call the magnetosphere became distorted and leaky.—
Raven Garvey,
Space.com,
24 July 2025
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Neither their rangers nor their exhibits should be intimidated into parroting a sanitized and distorted version of the nation’s past.—
John Lawrence,
Twin Cities,
18 July 2025
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But now Miami would have to be convinced of bringing in the 31-year-old Beal, who, by picking up his $57 million player option for 2026-27, is still owed $110 million for two seasons after this one.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Once and for all, you will be convinced that ranch and pickles are the perfect pairing.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Courier is open about its partisan lens and its funding from Democratic donors.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
14 July 2025
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However, if the church becomes tainted with blatant partisan politics, the church will look like the world with polarizing division.—
Stephen Mitchell,
Baltimore Sun,
14 July 2025
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Our publicist persuaded the New York Times to do an article on the hundredth anniversary of La Bohème and its staying power as reflected by Rent.—
Jeffrey Seller,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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Convinced that sunken treasures were hidden beneath what was about to become three high-rise buildings, the amateur river detectives donned hard hats and persuaded a backhoe operator to let them onto the site.—
Kinsey Gidick,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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The tweets, which NASL argues prejudiced jurors, came after NASL was denied D2 recognition.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
13 May 2025
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When children were told a story about new pupils at a fictional school and asked to recount the story later, there were significant differences in what the most prejudiced children remembered, as opposed to the most liberal children.—
Matt Richtel,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Biased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biased. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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