unbiased

[ uhn-bahy-uhst ]
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adjective
  1. not biased or prejudiced; fair; impartial.

Origin of unbiased

1
First recorded in 1600–10; un-1 + biased
  • Also especially British, un·bi·assed .

Other words for unbiased

Other words from unbiased

  • un·bi·ased·ly, adverb

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How to use unbiased in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for unbiased

unbiased

unbiassed

/ (ʌnˈbaɪəst) /


adjective
  1. having no bias or prejudice; fair or impartial

  2. statistics

    • (of a sample) not affected by any extraneous factors, conflated variables, or selectivity which influence its distribution; random

    • (of an estimator) having an expected value equal to the parameter being estimated; having zero bias

    • Also called: discriminatory (of a significance test). Having a power greater than the predetermined significance level

Derived forms of unbiased

  • unbiasedly or unbiassedly, adverb
  • unbiasedness or unbiassedness, noun

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