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Treating only one side of evidence is bad? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

biased

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'bad?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'treating only one side of evidence' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found within the answer.
'side' could be 'base' (base is a kind of side) and 'base' is located in the remaining letters.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for biased that I've seen before include "Favouring one person or side over another" , "Prejudiced or influenced in favour or against" , "favouring a particular idea" , "Having favourite" , "Influenced unfairly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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