biasedbi‧ased, biassed /ˈbaɪəst/ ●○○ AWL adjective 
Of course I’m biased, but I thought my daughter’s paintings were the best. racially biased attitudesbiased against/towards/in favour of news reporting that was heavily biased towards the government2more interested in a particular thing than in anotherbiased towards The majority of infants are biased towards being social rather than being antisocial.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Export policy has been biased towards overseas customers.
- If your advisor is also selling financial products, you may get biased advice.
- Most newspapers are biased towards one political party or the other.
- Much of the information the clinics gave people was incomplete and biased in favour of educated middle-class clients.
- racially biased reporting
- Roughly four-fifths of Sun readers believed the paper was biased against the Labour party.
- The system is so biased that many citizens simply do not register to vote.
- There have been complaints about biased reporting in the tabloid press.
- University acceptance policies seem to be biased against minorities.
- I may be a little biased about this one, but I now consider it to be of a very high standard.
- In the report members of the police were accused of acting illegally and it was suggested that they were biased in favour of Inkatha.
- It was not intended to sound biased.
- Nor is the fact that a document is biased a reason for dismissing the document as worthless or unreliable.
- Still less can they accept impartial public broadcasting combined with a biased press and biased satellite television.
- When small samples are used to estimate population standard deviations, the results are biased in the direction of underestimation.
THESAURUS
not right or fair, especially because not everyone has an equal opportunity: · The present welfare system is grossly unfair.· It’s not fair that people are paying different prices for the same tickets.
not fair or right according to the principles of a particular society: · He believed it was an illegal and unjust war.· unjust laws
unfair because people are treated in different ways or because some people have more power than others: · We live in a deeply unequal society.· the unequal distribution of global resources
formal unfair because people are treated in different ways, or because some people have more power than others: · inequitable tax laws· The system is inequitable, because it makes it possible for rich people to buy a place at university.
unfairly against or in favour of a particular group: · biased reporting· There were claims that prison bosses were racially biased.· The policy was biased against women.· The trade laws are biased in favour of rich countries.
Longman Language Activatorwhen a report, description etc is unfair · The press has been accused of unfair coverage of the recent elections.· There is nothing unfair about a story that is written from both points of view.
a biased report, account etc is unfair and not correct because it supports one particular group, usually because the writer or newspaper has a connection with that group: · There have been complaints about biased reporting in the tabloid press.biased towards/biased in favour of: · Most newspapers are biased towards one political party or the other.biased against: · Roughly four-fifths of Sun readers believed the paper was biased against the Labour party.
a one-sided account, description etc is unfair because it only gives one opinion and not the opposite one, or only tells one part of the story when there are other equally important parts: · Newspapers often give a very one-sided account of political events.· Corcoran called the accusations unjust and one-sided.
presenting facts or information in a way that favours one opinion or side of an argument: · White will make a tough stand against slanted reporting.slanted in favour of: · Her arguments are clearly slanted in favour of capital punishment, in spite of her religious convictions.
not treating people in a way that is reasonable or equal not treating everyone equally, or not treating people in a way that most people think is right: · The present welfare system is grossly unfair.· unfair laws· Do you think I'm being unfair?· I don't want to be unfair, but you have to admit she behaved stupidly.it's/that's not fair spoken: · Why do I always have to do the laundry? It's not fair!· That's not fair - it puts me at a disadvantage!it is unfair that/it is not fair that: · It seems very unfair that she got all the blame.it is unfair/not fair to do something: · It's not fair to have a dog if you're out at work all day.· I told him it wasn't fair to treat her any differently.unfair/not fair to/on: · This sort of arrangement is not fair on the players, and not fair on the fans.· The tax laws are very unfair to the self-employednot fair/unfair of somebody (to do something): · It's unfair of you to judge all young people in the same way.
not fair or not sensible: · It is possible for telephone companies to make profit without charging unreasonable rates.· Some news media have described the government's actions as excessive and unreasonable.· She divorced her husband on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour.· It didn't seem like an unreasonable request.it is unreasonable (for somebody) to do something: · It's unreasonable to expect people to pay for something they haven't even seen yet.· It is not unreasonable for parents to want schools to reinforce the values children are taught at home.
a punishment or criticism that is undeserved is unfair because you do not deserve it: · He's come in for a lot of criticism, most of it completely undeserved.· Unfortunately, Lamarck has developed an undeserved reputation as a loser.· an undeserved and unwarranted attack
unfairly against, or unfairly in favour of a particular group: · The system is so biased that many citizens simply do not register to vote.biased towards/biased in favour of: · Export policy has been biased towards overseas customers.· Much of the information the clinics gave people was incomplete and biased in favour of educated middle-class clients.biased against: · University acceptance policies seem to be biased against minorities.
not fair or right according to the principles or ideas of a particular society: · They didn't mind breaking the law because they believed the law was unjust.· an unjust and pointless war· The legal aid charity has helped overturn some notoriously unjust verdicts.
British /favor American to treat one person in a group better than others, when you should treat all of them the same: · Many teachers favour boys, often without even realizing it.favour somebody over somebody: · The Federal Republic denied that its policies favored any race over another.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY news reporting that was heavily biased towards the governmentCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
news reporting that was heavily biased towards the government· The problem of an influential tabloid press heavily biased towards one particular party is more difficult.· Clearly one source is unreliable, and the interpretations which it offers are heavily biased.
WORD FAMILYnounbiasadjectivebiased ≠ unbiasedverbbias
1unfairly preferring one person or group over another: Of course I’m biased, but I thought my daughter’s paintings were the best. racially biased attitudesbiased against/towards/in favour of news reporting that was heavily biased towards the government2more interested in a particular thing than in anotherbiased towards The majority of infants are biased towards being social rather than being antisocial.