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Adjective

unbiased

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US /ˌənˈbaɪəst/ UK /ʌnbˈaɪəst/ un·bi·ased

adj.fair and not influenced by personal feelings or opinions. You use this to describe someone who treats all sides of an argument equally.

adj.showing no prejudice for or against something; impartial. Often used to describe reporting, research, or judicial decisions.


SIMPLE

A judge must remain unbiased during a trial.

CONTEXTUAL

The committee hired an outside consultant to provide an unbiased assessment of the company's finances.

COMPLEX

To ensure the integrity of the double-blind study, researchers remained unbiased by having no prior knowledge of which participants received the placebo and which received the active treatment.

Usage

Often follows a linking verb like 'remain', 'stay', or 'be'.

Pitfall
an unbias opinionan unbiased opinion

Learners often use the noun 'bias' instead of the participial adjective 'unbiased' when describing a person or viewpoint.


From un- + biased.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Level B2 · Upper Intermediate
Frequency Frequent
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