be biased

Frequency: 9.0150.5 per million words

Used to describe a state of having a prejudice or preference for one thing over another.

biasedVERB + biased

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Examples (10)

  • The news report was criticized for being politically biased.
  • A judge must not be biased when hearing a case.
  • He has always been biased in favor of traditional art forms.
  • If the research data is biased, the conclusions will be invalid.
  • The methods they employed were heavily biased in favour of the rich.
  • I admit I am a little biased towards my own team.
  • Do you think the algorithm could be biased against certain users?
  • Managers are naturally biased towards projects showing a quick return.
  • Fate was strongly biased against him.
  • It's crucial that scientific studies are not biased by the source of their funding.