un·bi·ased

[uhn-bahy-uhst]
adjective
not biased or prejudiced; fair; impartial.
Also, especially British, un·bi·assed.


Origin:
1600–10; un-1 + biased

un·bi·ased·ly, adverb


fair, equitable, tolerant, neutral.
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unbiased or unbiassed (ʌnˈbaɪəst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  having no bias or prejudice; fair or impartial
2.  statistics
 a.  (of a sample) not affected by any extraneous factors, conflated variables, or selectivity which influence its distribution; random
 b.  (of an estimator) having an expected value equal to the parameter being estimated; having zero bias
 c.  Also called: discriminatory (of a significance test). Having a power greater than the predetermined significance level
 
unbiassed or unbiassed
 
adj
 
un'biasedly or unbiassed
 
adv
 
un'biassedly or unbiassed
 
adv
 
un'biasedness or unbiassed
 
n
 
un'biassedness or unbiassed
 
n

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Word Origin & History

unbiased
1607, lit., in ref to throws at bowls, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of bias. Fig. sense of "impartial, unprejudiced" is recorded from 1647.
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Example sentences
Unbiased and impartial will not do the work that disinterested used to be reserved for.
Rather, he said, start with such an unbiased description of phenomena.
Physicians report extremely high levels of satisfaction with the program's unbiased information.
To show you as one-sided, incapable of unbiased thought, yes.
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