weighted

adjective weight·ed \ˈwā-təd\

: held in place or made heavier by a weight

—used to say that something favors or does not favor a particular person, group, etc.

Full Definition of WEIGHTED

: made heavy : loaded <weighted silk>

a : having a statistical weight attached <a weighted test score>

b : compiled or calculated from weighted data <a weighted mean>

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