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unpartial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnpɑːʃl̩/ (UK)

Etymology

From un- + partial.

Meanings

  1. Impartial, unbiased.
    • The Liberal Union […] approves the idea of guaranteeing an unpartial and proper trial. 1998 March 4, Baltic News Service:
    • [S]uch as therefore ſhould not be adventured vpon vvithout mature and vnpartiall diſquiſition of the vprightneſſe of our affections therein, […] 1621 May 4 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Robert Saunderson [i.e., Robert Sanderson], “[Ad Clerum.] The Second Sermon. At a Visitation at Boston, Linc[olnshire] 24. April. 1621.”, in Twelve Sermons, […], [new] edition, London: […] Aug[ustine] Math[ews], for Robert Dawlman, and are to be sold by Robert Allet, […], published 1632, →OCLC, §. 18, pages 59–60:
    • Justice, that makes princes like the gods, / Draws us unto the Senate, / That with unpartial balance we may poise / The crimes and innocence of all offenders. 1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, IV.1:
  2. Not partial (to); antagonistic.
    • I’m particularly unpartial to Bluetooth with its pairing hassles (the K-750s use an RF interface and a USB receiver dongle), but for the past 3-1/2 years, Bluetooth keyboards have been the only external input devices supported on the iPad and other iOS machines. 2014 May 16, Technology Tell, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2016:

Forms

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more unpartial Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unpartial Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unpartially · unpartiality

Synonyms

counteracting · hostile · antagonistic · candid · inimical · nonpartial · objective · neuter · fair-minded · indifferent · nonpartial · equal · egal · adverse · unbigoted · irreconcilable · disinterested · incompatible · dispassionate · repugnant · unpartisan · nonpersonal · unharmonious · unbiased · uninterested · inharmonious · neutral · unbefriending · impartial · imprejudicate · fairhanded · indistinguishing · unprejudiced · adverse · contentious · detached · unfriendly · nonpartisan · disinterested · unprepossessed · opposed · conflicting · evenhanded · cold · unpartial · equitable · unpartial · opposed · nonaligned · clinical