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View synonyms for skewed

skewed

[ skyood ]

adjective

  1. distorted or biased; giving an unfair or misleading view of something:

    After the global financial crisis, he came to realize that traditional economic models offer very skewed representations of actual economic reality.

  2. having an oblique or slanting direction or position; shaped, cut, or placed on a slant:

    When mounting a streetlight pole, orientation of the anchor bolts is important so that the pole base is not skewed in relation to the centerline of the roadway.

  3. deliberately slanted so as to conform to a specific concept or attitude, cater to the interests of a particular group, etc. (sometimes used in combination):

    The network has launched a new youth-skewed telenovela that has been averaging around 28 million viewers in Brazil.

    His world view is skewed to the concept that the strong exist to dominate the weak, so he judges people by their direct worth to him.

  4. Statistics. (of a distribution) having a disproportionate number of data points above or below the mean:

    There is a very skewed distribution of income, with the top 20 percent of the population earning 20 times what is earned by the poorest 20 percent.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of skew.
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Example Sentences

The nominations were pushed back multiple times due to the Los Angeles wildfires, which skewed pundit prediction patterns when award shows that would typically air before the Oscar nominations were delayed by weeks.

From Salon

That completely skewed that result so I am not using it as a form guide for this tie.

From BBC

But that also incentivizes politically skewed content masquerading as news and information.

From Salon

These new Housewives skewed younger and were markedly more diverse than the original iteration’s cast ever was.

From Salon

Duckett and Salt put on 60 for the opening wicket in another encouraging partnership, before the former skewed Arshdeep into the air.

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