skew
Angle off center
Skew means tilted, slanted, or off from true.
A picture hangs skew on the wall.
Data can be skewed—distorted or biased in a particular direction: The poll was skewed toward older voters.
In statistics, skew describes asymmetry in a distribution.
To skew something is to distort or slant it: Social media skews our perception of reality.
Angular deviation from level
- leanLacking fat; incline
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- inclinationDisposition toward something
oblique · diagonal · cant · aslant · crooked · lopsided · off-center · canted
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
- tendencyInclination toward a behavior
predisposition · inclination · slant · leaning · preference · selectivity · weighting · nonrandom
Bend from true form
deform · stretch · pull · misalign · shift · displacement · offset · deviation
Geometric measure of rotation
- axisRotation reference line
- rotationTurning on an axis
- planeWinged flying vehicle
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
parallel · perpendicular · coordinate · transform · projection · shear · matrix · vector
tilt
Angular deviation from level
inclination · oblique · diagonal · cant · aslant · crooked · lopsided · off-center · canted · angled
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
tendency · predisposition · inclination · slant · leaning · preference · selectivity · weighting · nonrandom · unrepresentative
warp
Bend from true form
bend · deform · stretch · pull · misalign · shift · displacement · offset · deviation · aberration
angle
Geometric measure of rotation
intersection · parallel · perpendicular · coordinate · transform · projection · shear · matrix · vector · oblique
distribution
Allocation across recipients
mean · histogram · curve · normal · dataset · sample · regression · asymmetric · tail · percentile
- imbalanceimbalance, disequilibrium, disproportion, asymmetry, lopsidedness
- inclinationsinclination, tendency, predisposition, proclivity, propensity
- Misrepresentationmisrepresent, distort, falsify, misquote, misstate
- Not Straightbent, curve, twist, warp, kink
- slantsslant, tilt, lean, incline, slope
- fabric flawssnag, tear, hole, pilling, fray
- skewed viewBiased or distorted outlook