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unbiased

[ uhn-bahy-uhst ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

not biased biased or prejudiced; fair; impartial.
Synonyms: neutral, tolerant, equitable, fair

unbiased

/ ʌnˈbaɪəst /

having no bias or prejudice; fair or impartial
statistics
1. (of a sample) not affected by any extraneous factors, conflated variables, or selectivity which influence its distribution; random
2. (of an estimator) having an expected value equal to the parameter being estimated; having zero bias
3. Also calleddiscriminatory (of a significance test). Having a power greater than the predetermined significance level

First recorded in 1600–10; un- ¹ + biased

I want to bring this to your kind attention with the hope that you will help me secure an unbiased resolution.

“There is no such thing as an unbiased source,” laments one of them.

The extent to which this is instrumental and forced is clear to any unbiased observer.

“In my mind this sub is the best place on the internet for real, unbiased news about Syria,” one user wrote on a thread.

By all accounts, DiMaio appears to be an unbiased expert in his field.

It was the unbiased opinion of several wool-dealers present, that the shearing above would yield at least 35 lbs.

This admonition to seek the guidance of unbiased scientific observers is deserving of special emphasis at the present time.

He must be unbiased in his judgment and impartial in his friendship.

She was an able writer herself; her judgment was thoughtful, refined, unbiased—altogether of a superior sort.

I felt that we should strike an unbiased observer as a couple of very deep and wily and developing and repulsive persons.

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