skewed

American

[skyood] / skyud /

adjective

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.
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.
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.
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

the simple past tense and past participle of skew.

Other Word Forms

unskewed adjective

Etymology

Origin of skewed

skew ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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“The near-term outlook for Asian FX remains skewed to the downside unless there is a resolution” to the conflict, the strategists add.

From The Wall Street Journal

It messed with our glamorous aviation industry; once, it skewed the odds at a beauty pageant because the planes flying contestants in from around Southern California to the Glendale airport couldn’t land in the smog.

From Los Angeles Times

That meant that urine samples with high sugar content could have started fermenting and consequently generated alcohol that could have skewed the test result or created a false positive.

From Los Angeles Times

So while the S&P 500 is overly concentrated, that concentration is skewed toward profitable companies, which is helping the index withstand some of the recent pressure seen across financial markets.

From MarketWatch

It added compensation figures often related to incidents from many years earlier and can be skewed by one or two high-value cases involving life-long care needs.

From BBC

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