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unskewed

unskewed

1 6.0
Not tilted or changed to help one side
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈskjud/
translation icon : no distorsionado
  • They can sit on Fox News and present all the unskewed polling data they want in their alternate parallel universe, but at the end of the day, there

Examples

  • In addition, if you look at the unskewed polls, all, if not most, swing states go toward Romney.

    Blog text (29)
  • An unskewed representation of the statistics revealed that the trend was indeed downward.

  • Unskewed average for October is closer to the actual vote results than Nate's October average.

    Blog text (12)
  • As an example of how the mainstream media is in the tank for Obama, "Unskewed Polls" gives us the following: "The Media Research Center recently documented that Romney got 86 percent negative coverage during his trip to England, Israel, and Poland last week."

    Blog text (20)
  • The scientist provided an unskewed analysis of the data, ensuring accuracy in the results.

  • To get a clear understanding of public opinion, we reviewed the unskewed survey results.

Synonyms

undistorted
vsunskewed
1 5.3

Not changed from the original and true to the facts

also stresses absence of slant or bias rather than only factual truth
unbiassed
vsunskewed
  • UK
5.8

Does not let personal feelings affect a decision

also covers lack of factual distortion and slanted presentation
untinted
vsunskewed
4.2

Free from personal feelings or strong opinions

focuses more on straight accuracy and lack of slant or bias
unwarped
vsunskewed
5.6

Remaining flat and not bent or twisted

refers to straight accuracy and no slant rather than physical form

Antonyms

5 4.7

Not straight or level and often wrong because of a personal view

How Skewed

distorted
4.4
biased
91 4.0
unskewed
1 6.0
balanced
101 1.0

Surface Forms

unskewed positive

Morphology

unskewed = skewed (transparent) = un + skew + ed

The sense is a general negation of 'skewed' (not biased or distorted), so un- + skewed yields an immediately interpretable meaning.

Etymology

Unskewed comes from un- ('not') and skew ('to slant' or 'tilt'), like askew which means 'tilted'. Think of a photo you straighten on the wall — unskewed means not tilted, not distorted or biased, so it shows things more accurately.