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Skew
skjuː
Skew definitions
adjective
skew
- neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked
"his hat looked slightly skew"
- (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting
- (of a curve) not lying in a plane
- (of a statistical distribution) not symmetrical
noun
skew
skews
- an oblique angle; a slant
- a bias towards one particular group or subject
"the paper had a working-class skew"
- the state of not being symmetrical
verb
skew
skewed
skewing
skews
- suddenly change direction or position
"the car had skewed across the track"
distort misrepresent change alter pervert falsify warp skew put the wrong slant on misinterpret misconstrue misstate misquote quote/take out of context misreport- twist or turn or cause to do this
"he skewed around in his saddle"
- make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading
"the curriculum is skewed towards the practical subjects"
biased prejudiced partisan one-sided slanted skewed coloured interested parti pris discriminatory preferential jaundiced - cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical
"the distributions were skewed to the right"