skewed
Not quite straight
Skewed means tilted, slanted, or distorted from what's straight or balanced.
Data can be skewed when it doesn't represent the full picture: The poll results were skewed toward older voters.
A skewed perspective is biased or one-sided.
Something physically skewed sits at an angle: The picture frame hung skewed on the wall.
Angled from vertical
- lopsidedUnequally balanced
- crookedBent or dishonest
- angledTurned from perpendicular
- slantedAngled from vertical
off-center · uneven · twisted · warped · canted · leaning · oblique · cockeyed
Biased against a group
- slantedAngled from vertical
- partialFavoring one side
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
- distortedMisshapen from original form
unfair · unbalanced · weighted · partisan · tendentious · manipulated · misrepresented · spun
Allocation across recipients
- outliersExtreme data points
- asymmetricNot identical on both sides
- normalConforming to standard
- medianCentral sorted value
mean · variance · histogram · positively · negatively · data · tail · regression
tilted
Angled from vertical
slanted · off-center · uneven · twisted · warped · canted · leaning · oblique · cockeyed · misaligned
prejudiced
Biased against a group
distorted · unfair · unbalanced · weighted · partisan · tendentious · manipulated · misrepresented · spun · colored
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- outliersExtreme data points
- asymmetricNot identical on both sides
- normalConforming to standard
median · mean · variance · histogram · positively · negatively · data · tail · regression · sampling
- positioning errorsmisalignment, offset, misplacement, misregistration, off-center
- crookedcrooked, awry, lopsided, off-center, off-kilter
- directionsnorth, south, east, west, left
- unfairnessunfair, unjust, biased, unequal, inequitable
- distortedwarped, twisted, bent, contorted, crooked
- leaningtilt, slant, angle, list, cant
skewedstraight
Not curved or crooked
level · aligned · perpendicular · plumb · horizontal
- skewed viewBiased or distorted outlook
- shrimp skewerThreaded prawns for cooking
- wooden skewerSharp stick for food
- chicken skewerThreaded poultry for grilling
- beef skewerGrilled meat on stick
- lamb skewerGrilled cubed meat pierced lengthwise