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biased

Meaning

Showing or influenced by an unfair inclination or prejudice for or against a person or group, especially in a way that hinders impartial judgment.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The judge’s decision felt wrong. Everyone saw he was biased, favoring the rich man just because he knew him. It wasn't fair; his judgment was clouded, not impartial, because of his unfair liking.

The referee's whistles were always louder for our team. He clearly favored the other players, his calls obviously biased. It felt unfair; we practiced just as hard but his prejudice made sure we never had a chance.

The judge's decision felt wrong. Everyone saw how he smiled at the defendant’s lawyer, but frowned at the other. It was clear his mind was already made up; he was terribly biased, unable to see the facts fairly.

My cat's food bowl is *so* biased. He only looks at it with love if it's full of salmon, but gives me a dirty stare for my budget kibble. He clearly favors one over the other, showing an unfair inclination that hinders fair judgment of my wallet's limits.

Bartholomew the badger's opinion on turnip polishing was notoriously biased. He'd only ever praise the ones with a rosy glow, completely ignoring the fact that the duller turnips were far tastier. His friends just rolled their eyes; Bartholomew's taste buds were clearly influenced by a very unfair inclination for shiny things.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

He felt the judge's questions were biased, clearly favoring the other side. It was frustrating to know his story wouldn't be heard fairly because of a prejudice he couldn't even prove.

The referee's whistle blew, and a collective groan went up from the home crowd. He'd clearly been biased towards the visiting team all game, awarding them every marginal call. It was frustrating to watch; his unfair judgment made the competition feel rigged from the start.

The detective’s notes were clearly biased, filled with assumptions about the suspect's character rather than concrete evidence. He saw only guilt, ignoring the alibi that didn't fit his prejudiced narrative, and this unfair inclination clouded his judgment entirely.

Bartholomew's taste in socks was undeniably biased; he only wore argyle, completely ignoring the perfectly good polka-dot pairs his aunt knitted. He declared any sock not diamond-patterned a "fashion felony," which made choosing footwear a truly prejudiced ordeal, hindering any impartial sock judgment whatsoever.

The dog show judge, known for his utterly biased affection towards poodles, awarded a perfect score to Fifi, who, in reality, looked like a particularly fluffy dust bunny that had lost a fight with a lawnmower. His judgment was definitely influenced by an unfair inclination for anything remotely poodle-shaped, hindering any chance of impartial judgment.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

He always favored his own team, a clearly biased decision when he ignored the obvious foul. You could see his unfair inclination; it was so obvious his judgment was hindered.

The arbitrator's ruling felt *biased*. He always favored the coastal developers, ignoring the clear evidence of environmental damage the inland communities suffered from their polluting practices. His decision to dismiss the residents' concerns, as if their hardship meant nothing, demonstrated a prejudiced stance against them.

The judge's ruling felt intensely unfair. He spoke with such conviction about the defendant's guilt before hearing all the evidence, as if his mind was already made up. It was clear his personal animosity made him biased, preventing any impartial judgment.

Barnaby's culinary critiques were notoriously biased; he'd champion any dish resembling his Aunt Mildred's mysteriously lumpy gravy, while dismissing a perfectly roasted pheasant as "uninspired peasant fodder." His palate seemed permanently stuck in a gastronomic time warp, favoring the familiar over the fantastic.

The esteemed alpaca judge, notorious for his woolly prejudice, often found himself *biased* toward contestants who brought him superior clover. During the annual ceremonial llama parade, his pronouncements on gait and swagger were suspiciously favorable to those who offered him a particularly verdant lunch, clearly hindering impartial judgment.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The judge’s rulings consistently favored the prosecution, his pronouncements tinged with an unmistakable animus. He seemed inherently biased, incapable of dispassionate deliberation, his pronouncements reflecting an unfair inclination that compromised any pretense of impartial judgment.

The magistrate's deliberation felt palpably biased. Witness testimonies, regardless of their veracity, seemed to disproportionately favor the aristocratic petitioner, their pronouncements met with nod. The commoner's desperate pleas were dismissed with a perfunctory wave, a stark illustration of prejudiced discernment hindering impartial judgment.

The surveyor, visibly agitated, declared the excavation site "unstable" after only a cursory examination. His pronouncements, however, felt biased, a palpable prejudice against this particular archaeological endeavor, hindering any truly objective assessment of the ancient aqueduct’s structural integrity and impeding further scholastic inquiry.

Barnaby, a veritable paragon of probity, found himself in a quandary. His favorite teacup, a chipped heirloom, was demonstrably superior to all others. Thus, any assertion that his slightly misshapen, but undeniably charming, porcelain vessel was less than sublime struck him as inherently biased, lacking any semblance of impartial judgment regarding its inimitable aesthetic.

The notoriously eccentric ornithologist, Percival Pumble, delivered his lecture on avian social structures with a decidedly biased perspective, wherein he vehemently argued that all finches were inherently avaricious, a notion he espoused with fervent conviction, despite a plethora of contradictory empirical evidence suggesting otherwise.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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