unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something

we will not tolerate this biased media coverage

all too often, our recruitment processes are biased towards younger candidates

editors were biased against authors from provincial universities

she's a friend of mine, so I'm biased

cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something

the search results are biased by the specific queries used

common sense biases me against these theories

distort (a statistical result); introduce bias into (a method of sampling, measurement, analysis, etc.)

give a bias to

bias the valve so that the anode current is normally zero or small