Home > Antonyms > Antonyms for skewed

Antonyms for skewed

Grammar : Verb
Spell : skyoo
Phonetic Transcription : skyu

Definition of skewed

Origin :
  • late 15c., "to turn aside" (intransitive), from Old North French eskiuer "shy away from, avoid," Old French eschiver (see eschew). Transitive sense of "turn (something) aside" is from 1570s. Meaning "depict unfairly" first recorded 1872, on notion of being "give oblique direction to," hence "to distort, to make slant." Statistical sense dates from 1929. Related: Skewed; skewing. The adjectival meaning "slanting, turned to one side" is recorded from c.1600, from the verb; noun meaning "slant, deviation" first attested 1680s.
  • verb distort
Example sentences :
  • He skewed me a very nice one at a Louis a month, and I paid in advance.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Sara skewed no surprise nor confusion at the sight of me, but I was petrified.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • He skewed one he had had for Bilbao, but the official was not satisfied.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Judges are identified politically and their decisions are often skewed.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • So saying, he skewed me in an off-hand way a bill of exchange on Rome for three thousand crowns.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • An expectation was set, and the process of education was skewed to generate good test results.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • And so this is how the line got skewed and leaves this strip kind of irregular, clear through the town, north and south.
  • Extract from : « Mitch Miller » by Edgar Lee Masters
  • Leaning forward till his repulsive face almost touched Sir Richard's, he skewed his features all awry in a horrible grimace.
  • Extract from : « The Red Tavern » by Charles Raymond Macauley
  • In the east wall of the court of the high place there was a skewed opening, or an opening which ran diagonally through the wall.
  • Extract from : « Archology and the Bible » by George A. Barton
  • This skewed distribution, in turn, served to perpetuate the advantages of the ruling classes.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

Synonyms for skewed

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019