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weighted

 adjective
     
weight‧ed
giving an advantage or disadvantage to one particular group or activity [↪ biased]
weighted against
The voting system is weighted against the smaller parties.
weighted in favour of somebody/something
This year's pay increase is heavily weighted in favour of the lower paid staff.
weighted towards
The course is weighted towards language skills.
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