skewed

skewed
a) Twisted at an angle.
b) Biased, distorted (pertaining to statistics or information).

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  • skewed — [skju:d] adj 1.) an opinion, piece of information, result etc that is skewed is incorrect, especially because it has been affected by a particular thing or because you do not know all the facts ▪ The media s coverage of the election has been… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • skewed — [ skjud ] adjective 1. ) facts, information, or results that are skewed are not accurate because they have been affected by something: skewed figures a ) opinions, ideas, or judgments that are skewed have been affected by something, making them… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • skewed — adjective 1 an opinion, piece of information, result etc that is skewed is incorrect, especially because you do not know all the facts: The results of a telephone poll will always be skewed since those who do not have phones are obviously… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • skewed — UK [skjuːd] / US [skjud] adjective 1) a) facts, information, or results that are skewed are not accurate because they have been affected by something skewed figures b) opinions, ideas, or judgments that are skewed have been affected by something …   English dictionary

  • Skewed — Skew Skew, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skewing}.] 1. To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely. [1913 Webster] Child, you must walk straight, without skewing. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To start aside; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • skewed — adj. Skewed is used with these nouns: ↑distribution …   Collocations dictionary

  • skewed — Unsymmetrical, distorted, or containing bias. A skewed *sample, for example, is one that does not represent the distribution of items in the *population from which it is extracted …   Auditor's dictionary

  • skewed — [skjuːd] adj 1) results or judgments that are skewed are not accurate because they have been affected by something 2) not straight …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • Skewed Visions — works. Formed in 1996 by the artists Charles Campbell, Gülgün Kayim and Sean Kelley Pegg, [Morstad, Marya; [http://www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=101071 Radio mnartists: Gulgun Kayim (audio interview)] ; MNartists.org website; 20 April 2006]… …   Wikipedia

  • skewed — Synonyms and related words: agee, agee jawed, askance, askant, askew, askewgee, asquint, asymmetric, awry, catawampous, catawamptious, cockeyed, crooked, deflected, deflective, diffracted, diffractive, diffuse, diffused, disparate, dispersed,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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