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- [skyoo]
- /skyu/
- /skjuː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skyoo]
- /skyu/
Definitions of skewed word
- verb without object skewed to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course. 1
- verb without object skewed to look obliquely; squint. 1
- verb with object skewed to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely. 1
- verb with object skewed Slang. to make conform to a specific concept, attitude, or planned result; slant: The television show is skewed to the young teenager. 1
- verb with object skewed to distort; depict unfairly. 1
- adjective skewed having an oblique direction or position; slanting. 1
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Origin of skewed
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; (v.) Middle English skewen to slip away, swerve < Middle Dutch schuwen to get out of the way, shun, derivative of schu (Dutch schuw) shy1; (adj.) derivative of the v. (probably influenced by askew); (noun) derivative of the v. and adj.
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Parts of speech for Skewed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
skewed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
skewed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for skewed
adj skewed
- agee — awry, crooked, or ajar
- akimbo — with hands on hips and elbows bent outward
- angular — Angular things have shapes that seem to contain a lot of straight lines and sharp points.
- catawampus — askew; awry
- crooked — If you describe something as crooked, especially something that is usually straight, you mean that it is bent or twisted.
adjective skewed
verb skewed
- inflected — to modulate (the voice).
- misreported — Simple past tense and past participle of misreport.
- overdrew — Simple past form of overdraw.
- wormed — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- wriggled — Simple past tense and past participle of wriggle.
Antonyms for skewed
adj skewed
- co-ordinate — If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- coextensive — of the same limits or extent
adjective skewed
- coextending — Present participle of coextend.
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