skewed
distorted
TRANSLATION
verzerrt, entstellt; verdreht, schief, abgeschrägt
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"The chorus of protest against the destruction of the world's largest statues of Buddha is to be welcomed. But unfortunately the reporting of this sad event has been skewed."
(Gerard Fussman in Le Mond - 22 March 2001)
(Gerard Fussman in Le Mond - 22 March 2001)
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Wordwise:
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, to escape, skew, from Old North French escuer to shun, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sciuhen to frighten off.
Date: 15th century
1 : to distort especially from a true value or symmetrical form (skewed statistical data)
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, to escape, skew, from Old North French escuer to shun, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sciuhen to frighten off.
Date: 15th century
1 : to distort especially from a true value or symmetrical form (skewed statistical data)
