skewing

To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

To bias or distort in a particular direction.

“A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results.”

To hurl or throw.

To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.

To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.

To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.

The act of making something skewed; an alteration in a particular direction.

“unfair skewings of the evidence”