Biased list misconstrued as balanced (10)

I believe the answer is:

stabilised

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'biased list misconstrued as balanced' is the definition.
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'biased list misconstrued' is the wordplay.
'misconstrued' indicates an anagram.
'biased'+'list'='biasedlist'
'biasedlist' anagrammed gives 'STABILISED'.

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