on the bias Definition

bias
noun biases

1. An inclination to favour or disfavour one side against another in a dispute, competition, etc; a prejudice.

Thesaurus: unfairness, prejudice, favouritism, one-sidedness; Antonym: impartiality.
2. A tendency or principal quality in a person's character.

Example: has a bias towards analytical work
Thesaurus: inclination, tendency, bent, leaning, proclivity, predilection, propensity, penchant.
3a. bowls etc.
A weight on or in an object (eg a bowl) which makes it move in a particular direction;
3b. bowls etc.
A course in which such an object (especially a bowl) turns in a particular direction.
4. dressmaking etc.
A line cut across the grain of a fabric.
5. statistics.
An unevenness or lack of balance in a result.
6. electronics.
The voltage applied to certain components to cause them to function only for a current of a given polarity, or only for currents greater than a given current.

verb biased, biasing, biassed, biassing

1. To influence or prejudice, especially unfairly or without objective grounds

Thesaurus: influence, prejudice, sway, predispose, slant, weight, warp, distort, load the dice (slang).
2. To give a bias to something.

Derivative: biased
adj

Predisposed to favour one side, group, person, etc rather than another.

Idiom: on the bias

Diagonally; on the cross (of a fabric).

Etymology: 16c: from French biais slant.