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bias

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"Prejudice"

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈbaɪ.əs/Part of speech verb, adjective, nounSorted abisStarts with BEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cause to be biased

Word origin

From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century.

Used in a sentence

  • Morality […] give[s] a bias to all their [men's] actions.
  • nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race, and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biasses to draw too much
  • Researchers worry that the people who are building artificial intelligence systems may be building their own biases into the technology.

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