weighted

3 definitions • 2 examples

prepared and arranged in a way that is likely to produce a particular effect, usually an advantage, rather than any other:

The system is weighted in favour of those who have a good education.

of information being studied, having a value attached to show its importance compared with all the information being studied

given an influence that would not happen naturally:

Roche's, the most heavily weighted stock in the Swiss Market Index, has climbed 25 percent since Jan. 3.