skew

adjective

• 1neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked:his hat looked slightly skew a skew angle
• Statistics (of a statistical distribution) not symmetrical.

• 2 Mathematics (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting.
• (of a curve) not lying in a plane.

noun

• an oblique angle; a slant.
• a bias toward one particular group or subject:the paper had a working-class skew
• Statistics the state of not being symmetrical.

verb

• suddenly change direction or position:the car had skewed across the track
• twist or turn or cause to do this:he skewed around in his saddle [with object]:his leg was skewed in and pushed against the other one
• [with object] make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading:the curriculum is skewed toward the practical subjects
• [with object] Statistics cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.