partisan
strongly biased in support of a party, cause, or person
Partisan in a sentence
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The report was criticized as too partisan to be taken seriously.
The supposedly neutral report read as a partisan defense of the administration's policies.
Using “partisan” well
Partisan stresses loyalty to one side so strong that it overrides fairness. The look-alike noun partisan can also mean a guerrilla fighter, a different sense.
More GRE words starting with P
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done with careful and thorough effort
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pale or lacking vitality and color
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