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skewed

 adjective
     
skewed
1 an opinion, piece of information, result etc that is skewed is incorrect, especially because it has been affected by a particular thing or because you do not know all the facts:
The media's coverage of the election has been skewed from the very beginning.
2 something that is skewed is not straight and is higher on one side than the other [= crooked]:
The picture on the wall was slightly skewed.
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