Sentences with phrase «skewed sense»

The phrase "skewed sense" refers to a distorted or imbalanced way of perceiving or understanding something. It means that one's perception or judgment is not accurate or fair due to bias, prejudice, or a lack of objectivity. Full definition
You have a VERY skewed sense of what is happening in the real world.
Most of these developmental experiences are done without proper supervision, correction or effective discipline, and are often dealt with via harsh discipline, isolation to cribs or beds, or, more simply, placing all of the older children in a room together without toys, games, or recreation under adult supervision which leads to chaos and confusion and a very skewed sense of a family hierarchy.
The instant nature of the internet skews our sense of history and time but serious business builders have always recognized that it is never «easy» to build a successful business.
Roy Hodgson is trying very hard to re-write history so that it fits his rather skewed sense of logic.
Jake Kasdan is still in his mid-20s but is sure - footed and has a nice skewed sense of comic timing; this movie is a world apart from his fine first feature, «Zero Effect» (1998), a Sherlockian web that could go on the puzzler shelf with «Memento» and «Mulholland Drive.»
Pop culture has so skewed the sense of true wealth.
The paths that the drugged and undrugged groups took at first differed, reflecting the foggy bees» skewed sense of time (imagine waking at sunset thinking it was sunrise and trying to find north), but the drugged bees soon corrected.
Clearly you have a skewed sense of what the word «respect» means.
They can also have a skewed sense of cause - and - effect, developing a paralyzing fear of the bathtub because what if they go down the drain, too?
The headline to their report on the ruling screamed «What a skewed sense of values».
It is also the UK's sixth most deprived borough, and the Labour administration there seems to have a skewed sense of priorities.
Meck has found support for his model by recording the electrical activities of neurons and in other researchers» studies on people with a skewed sense of time.
When you look at a traditional family photo album, you get a skewed sense of what that family's real life is like.
As we often see with Director Hong the film focussed on the foibles of a man with a skewed sense of romance and starred his frequent collaborators Kwon Haehyo and Kim Minhee.
With its painterly sets of jutting beams, leaning walls and heavy black lines painted on flats and arranged to suggest both a skewed sense of depth and a forced perspective that flaunts its artificiality, the film dropped audiences into an aggressively unreal world and celebrated its theatrical artifice as a vision of madness and horror.
Arrogant politicans like Dan Malloy, who have lived off public money for almost their entire carreers, bring their skewed sense of entitlement to their positions of leadership and rather than try to fix what is broken they attempt to re-create the system for their benefit.
Driven by a skewed sense of optimism, this is no fusty rendering of man pursuing fame and fortune with superfluous optimism, but a heady rollercoaster of a trip with Hanna cleverly orchestrating a taut, superbly observed plot.
To be fair, Tricky has a skewed sense of quality.
Sculptural objects placed directly on the floor create a skewed sense of scale and perspective, caused by the interplay between two - dimensional shapes and three - dimensional forms.
By only giving the most catastrophist of possible outcomes, though, and by largely glossing over the complex politics and social arrangements that underpin the problem and are at the heart of effective response, we get a skewed sense of what climate change really is.
If you stay longer, you might start thinking that their skewed sense of reality represents a true picture of your company.
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