[skjuː], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked
(e.g: his hat looked slightly skew)

- (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting

- (of a statistical distribution) not symmetrical


Phrases:
- on the skew

Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘move obliquely’): shortening of Old Northern French eskiuwer, variant of Old French eschiver ‘eschew’. The adjective and noun (early 17th century) are from the verb

[skjuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an oblique angle; a slant

- a bias towards one particular group or subject
(e.g: the paper had a working-class skew)

- the state of not being symmetrical


Phrases:
- on the skew

Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘move obliquely’): shortening of Old Northern French eskiuwer, variant of Old French eschiver ‘eschew’. The adjective and noun (early 17th century) are from the verb

[skjuː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- suddenly change direction or position
(e.g: the car had skewed across the track)

- make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading
(e.g: the curriculum is skewed towards the practical subjects)

- cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical
(e.g: the distributions were skewed to the right)


Phrases:
- on the skew

Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘move obliquely’): shortening of Old Northern French eskiuwer, variant of Old French eschiver ‘eschew’. The adjective and noun (early 17th century) are from the verb