neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked

his hat looked slightly skew

a skew angle

(of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting

(of a statistical distribution) not symmetrical

an oblique angle; a slant

a bias towards one particular group or subject

the paper had a working-class skew

the state of not being symmetrical

suddenly change direction or position

the car had skewed across the track

make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading

the curriculum is skewed towards the practical subjects

cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical

the distributions were skewed to the right