Impartial
[ɪm'pɑːʃ(ə)l] or [ɪm'pɑrʃəl]
Definition
(adj.) showing lack of favoritism; 'the cold neutrality of an impartial judge' .
Editor: Luke--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unbiassed, unprejudiced, disinterested, equitable, just, fair, honorable, even-handed.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PARTIAL]
Typist: Mason
Definition
adj. not favouring one more than another: just: (Shak.) partial.—ns. Impartial′ity Impar′tialness quality of being impartial: freedom from bias.—adv. Impar′tially.
Editor: Marilyn
Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy or adopting either of two conflicting opinions.
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Examples
- Miss Keeldar, desirous of being impartial, offered the curates flowers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I can understand that you may hesitate to analyse it from a purely impartial point of view. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But my feelings are not only cordial towards _him_; they are even impartial towards Miss King. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Poor Mr. Casaubon felt (and must not we, being impartial, feel with him a little? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Well, there is something in that, you know, said Mr. Brooke, who had certainly an impartial mind. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In the temporary lull produced by that impartial sentence, I laid my lady's written message on the table, under the eyes of Sergeant Cuff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It is impossible for _me_ to be impartial. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- This is a wery impartial country for justice, 'said Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It will be a great help to have cool, impartial persons take a look at it, and tell me what they think of it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Could it be an impartial one? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I have undertaken to explain where you may want explanation, but to be strictly impartial, and to do nothing more. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I was not quite impartial in my judgment, Emma:but yet, I thinkhad _you_ not been in the caseI should still have distrusted him. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But the equinoctial gales were blowing out at sea, and the impartial south-west wind, in its flight, would not neglect even the narrow Marshalsea. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In the name of the people of Helium I demand fair and impartial treatment for the Prince of Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- To you alone do I dare speak; I have heard you commended by impartial spectators; you are my brother's friends, therefore you must be mine. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But upon the impartial administration of justice depends the liberty of every individual, the sense which he has of his own security. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I did not believe her to be indifferent because I wished it; I believed it on impartial conviction, as truly as I wished it in reason. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- John Carter, he said, by the edict of custom, by the law of our religion, and by the verdict of an impartial court, you are condemned to die. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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