weighted
adjective/ˈweɪtɪd/
/ˈweɪtɪd/
[not before noun]- arranged in such a way that a particular person or thing has an advantage or a disadvantage synonym biased
- weighted towards somebody/something The proposal is weighted towards smaller businesses.
- weighted against somebody/something Everything seemed weighted against them.
- weighted in favour of somebody/something The course is heavily weighted in favour of engineering.
Extra Examples- The exam consists of six equally weighted questions.
- This new legislation is unfairly weighted against the small farmer.
- measures that are weighted towards small investors
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- equally
- heavily
- against
- in favour/favor of
- towards/toward
- …
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