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skewed

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for skewed.

Editorial note

US PPP income is highly skewed because the US dollar is very strong, and a basket of consumer goods in the US is very cheap.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Twisted at an angle.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of skewed gathered in one view.

adjective

Twisted at an angle.

adjective

(statistics, of information) Biased, distorted

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for skewed.

adjective

(statistics, of information) Biased, distorted

Example sentences

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US PPP income is highly skewed because the US dollar is very strong, and a basket of consumer goods in the US is very cheap.

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Any situation that is unbalanced, in which the employer is playing the role of the one with the final decision is a completely skewed setup.

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Landlords are also king here because of how skewed the market is and therefore will do little to no work as part of the process.

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And it's a very skewed perspective that would raise that, as any small business owner can tell you.

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Boiled down - can people who are part of such a skewed system really produce unbiased studies and theories about the system?

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It's also worth pointing out that Dota is somewhat skewed in terms of earnings.

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So you were right that it was randomness, but the randomness was also skewed.

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Admittedly I'm not a gamer, so possibly I have a skewed perspective from the few games I have played.

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The question therefore maybe should be why doesn't everyone start a business, with the rewards so skewed, and such a low barrier to entry.

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Certainly the tech details are sometimes inaccurate, and the history skewed (the characters keep coming up with ideas for which there already were contemporaries).

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I just wish that both clever and mind-numbing games were still being built, but lately consumer trends have skewed towards the mind-numbing..

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I also see how things are awful skewed in favor of the established money/power.

Quote examples

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If the moral of this case that you take away is, "Don't interact with milennial women", I think you have a very skewed view of the world.

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"Boiled down - can people who are part of such a skewed system really produce unbiased studies and theories about the system?" Those who are part of the 99% exhibit a bias as well.

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"Boiled down - can people who are part of such a skewed system really produce unbiased studies and theories about the system?" Can people who are part of the lower earning rung of society give a unbiased opinion of the system?

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While I certainly think it's true that the "real deal" would jump on any patches put out and reverse-engineer the exploit with relative ease, I expect the actual hack scene to have the same distribution of skill (if not more skewed) than the regular programming world.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use skewed in a sentence?

US PPP income is highly skewed because the US dollar is very strong, and a basket of consumer goods in the US is very cheap.

What does skewed mean?

Twisted at an angle.

What part of speech is skewed?

skewed is commonly used as adjective.