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tendentious
/tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/
adjective
Having a tendency; written or spoken with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one.
Implicitly or explicitly slanted.
"As a supporter of the cause, his reports were tendentious in the extreme."
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