Skewed

Word SKEWED
Character 6
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Definitions and meanings of "Skewed"

What do we mean by skewed?

To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

To bias or distort in a particular direction.

To hurl or throw.

To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.

To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.

To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.

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The word "skewed" in example sentences

The Daily Beast obtained the script of the first episode, uncovering some reasons why the family would want what they called a skewed version of events to be kept off television. ❋ Jordan Zakarin (2011)

I have this crazy idea that if the nightly news shows covered any one of hundreds of important stories of the day, but not the obvious ones they all cover in exactly the same way, in a manner that was ever so slightly skewed from the conventional narrative, like even the hardly revolutionary 60 Minutes, that a ratings monster would be born. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Their results for Atlantic Canada is insanely skewed from the other companies. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Since I'm so late with this, I'll be surprised if anybody reads it; and, though my subject is a bit skewed from the topic, I want to post it anyway. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If this is anything like the regular Children's Choices selection, the choices are skewed from the beginning. ❋ Roger Sutton (2008)

Our situation is skewed from the norm - we are a bit younger than most posters here (40 & 42), we owned a house in San Franicsco and the kiddos were in private preschool in SF (there is no public preschool.) ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the end this book is for anyone who likes their books intelligent, playful, comic, tragic and with a vision just a wee bit skewed from the norm. ❋ Hal Duncan (2006)

Rivette, by contrast, works with the delicate touch of a clockmaker, removing the cogs and springs of his medium such that, at a later point, they can be put back together in skewed configurations (with respect to the canon). ❋ Unknown (2006)

Because from a certain skewed moral perspective, it simply isn't. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But those that do business there find the terms skewed in favour of the US, unlike the equivalent in the UK. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Short of an independent phone survey conducted by Nashville's Priorities, which some characterized as a skewed push poll, Council members have been left to gauge support on their own. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As we got older, we both became aware of Proby, a stricken star who had fallen to earth in the Northern workingmen’s club scene, who became an equally potent conductor for fantasies skewed from the mainstream. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whether he's quoting anybody or he's just got the name skewed - I get irked. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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