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biased

/ˈbaɪəst/adjective

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पक्षपाती, पूर्वाग्रह से ग्रस्त

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    ~ (towards/against/in favour of sb/sth)

    showing an unfair preference for or against a person or group

    पक्षपाती, पूर्वाग्रह से ग्रस्त

    • The referee was biased in favour of the home team.
    • a biased report
    • The newspaper was biased against the new law.
    + 2 more examples
    • A judge must never be biased towards one side.
    • Radhika felt the examiner had been biased in marking her paper.

    Synonyms prejudiced partial one-sided

    Opposite unbiased impartial neutral

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

biased against / towards sb / sth

Use against for unfair dislike and towards (or in favour of) for unfair preference.

अनुचित नापसंदगी के लिए against और अनुचित पक्षपात के लिए towards (या in favour of) आता है।

  • The judge was accused of being biased against the poor.
  • The referee seemed biased towards the home team.

be biased in sth / biased reporting

Use in to name the field of bias, and use biased before a noun to describe a judgment or report.

पक्षपात का क्षेत्र बताने के लिए in आता है, और किसी निर्णय या रिपोर्ट का वर्णन करने के लिए noun से पहले 'biased' आता है।

  • The newspaper was biased in its coverage of the election.
  • A biased judge cannot give a fair verdict.

bias (noun) against / towards / in favour of

The noun bias takes against, towards or in favour of, and can be countable when it names a particular form.

Noun 'bias' के साथ against, towards या in favour of आता है, और किसी विशेष रूप का नाम होने पर countable हो सकता है।

  • The test showed a bias against rural students.
  • There is a bias in favour of English-medium schools.

unbiased / bias (verb) / biassed

Unbiased is the opposite; as a verb, bias means to influence unfairly; biased and biassed are both found in British spelling.

'Unbiased' विपरीतार्थी है; verb के रूप में 'bias' का अर्थ अनुचित रूप से प्रभावित करना है; British spelling में biased और biassed दोनों मिलते हैं।

  • The panel must stay unbiased.
  • Do not let one bad experience bias your view.
+Collocations 5

adverb + biased

heavilyclearlyslightlydeeplypolitically

  • The report was clearly biased against farmers.

biased + noun

viewopinionreportjudgemedia

  • A biased report cannot be trusted.

verb + biased

seembe accused of beingprovesoundremain

  • The examiner was accused of being biased.

bias + noun

bias in markinggender biascaste biasmedia biasregional bias

  • The committee studied gender bias in hiring.

free from bias

free from biaswithout biasshow biasavoid bias

  • The judges must be free from bias.
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  • The coach was biased towards the senior players.

प्रशिक्षक वरिष्ठ खिलाड़ियों के प्रति पक्षपाती था।

  • Radhika felt the question paper was biased against rural students.

राधिका को लगा कि प्रश्न-पत्र ग्रामीण विद्यार्थियों के विरुद्ध पक्षपाती था।

  • An unbiased opinion is hard to find.

निष्पक्ष राय मिलना कठिन है।

  • The news channel was biased in its reporting.

समाचार चैनल अपनी रिपोर्टिंग में पक्षपाती था।

  • He gave a biased account because the accused was his friend.

उसने पक्षपाती बयान दिया क्योंकि अभियुक्त उसका मित्र था।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ The teacher is biased with some students.

✓ The teacher is biased towards some students.

Biased takes against or towards, not with.

'Biased' के साथ against या towards आता है, with नहीं।

✗ He is a bias person.

✓ He is a biased person.

Bias is a noun; the adjective is biased.

'Bias' noun है; adjective 'biased' है।

✗ She was biased on the poor.

✓ She was biased against the poor.

Use against for unfair dislike, not on.

अनुचित नापसंदगी के लिए against आता है, on नहीं।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

Biased, prejudiced and partial all show unfairness, but they differ in cause.

Biased, prejudiced और partial तीनों अन्याय दर्शाते हैं, पर कारण में भिन्न हैं।

biased

Unfairly favouring or opposing something; the general word.

किसी का अनुचित पक्ष या विरोध करना; सामान्य शब्द।

  • The report is biased.

prejudiced

Having a fixed negative opinion formed before knowing the facts.

तथ्य जानने से पहले बनाई गई स्थायी नकारात्मक राय वाला।

  • He is prejudiced against strangers.

partial

Favouring one side; also means not complete.

एक पक्ष का समर्थन करने वाला; अधूरा भी।

  • The umpire was partial.
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