biased

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showing an unreasonable like or dislike for someone or something based on personal opinions:

The newspapers gave a very biased report of the meeting.

I think she's beautiful but then I'm biased since she's my daughter.

A biased collection of data contains more information that supports a particular opinion than you would expect to find if the collection had been made by chance:

The unexpected results may be partially due to the biased sample used in the study.

showing an unreasonable preference or dislike based on personal opinion:

The newspapers gave a biased report of the meeting.

preferring or disliking someone or something more than someone or something else, in a way that means that they are treated unfairly:

biased against sb/sth He believes the American justice system is biased against blacks.

biased in favour of sb/sth They claimed that the settlement was biased in favour of corporate clients.

giving results that are not accurate because information has not been collected correctly:

A biased sample of interviewees has a set of characteristics that are different from those of the population as a whole.