Slanted, curled or bending to one side
“It was a struggle to keep the balls going straight on the skewed floor, which in several spots had been lifted by ice.”
Biased, distorted (pertaining to statistics or information)
“This new system is sharply skewed in favor of finding no reasonable cause, and thus in favor of the alleged discriminator.”
Having angles or sharp corners
Past tense for to form or shape in an oblique way
“Figure 1B shows this case where the time delay law is a simple straight line calculated to skew the beam at the desired incident angle.”
Past tense for to bias or distort in a particular direction or interpretation
“Social media tends to skew our view of the world.”
Past tense for to turn, move or face in another direction
Past tense for to wriggle or twist the body, especially due to nervousness, discomfort or embarrassment
Past tense for to shape badly or incorrectly
Past tense for to slide in an uncontrolled manner
Past tense for to distort or influence in a negative way
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