unbiased

adjective un·bi·ased \ ˌən-ˈbī-əst \

Updated on: 20 May 2018

Definition of unbiased

1 : free from bias; especially : free from all prejudice and favoritism : eminently fair

an unbiased opinion

2 : having an expected value equal to a population parameter being estimated

an unbiased estimate of the population mean

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unbiasedness

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Examples of unbiased in a Sentence

Let me offer an unbiased opinion.
offered an unbiased judgment of the dancer's performance

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Technology is often perceived or believed to be objective and unbiased, so being wrongly categorized by an algorithm would emphasize the misconception that a transgender identity is inauthentic.

— foad hamidi, Scientific American, "Can Gender Be Computed?," 15 May 2018
Trained volunteers are available to provide unbiased assistance on the first Wednesday and third Saturday of each month.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Windsor Locks Edition," 15 May 2018
Consumers just need good, unbiased information, and a willingness to overcome any family hesitancy about unconventional choices.

— david sloane, BostonGlobe.com, "Is the cemetery dead?," 12 May 2018
The organization will reportedly provide models education and training about their workplace rights, a secure complaint gateway, and independent, unbiased investigations into abuse allegations.

— amira rasool, Teen Vogue, "Karl Lagerfeld's #MeToo Comment Highlights Exactly What's Wrong With the Fashion Industry," 20 Apr. 2018
This is why so many people have been calling for an unbiased investigation into what Hillary Clinton had done here.

— Fox News, "Kellyanne Conway: Let's have a James Comey memo tour," 20 Apr. 2018
Trained volunteers are available to provide unbiased assistance on the first Wednesday and third Saturday of each month.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Windsor Locks Edition," 1 May 2018
CPCs often pose as unbiased care providers, and many offer services including pregnancy tests and sonograms.

— hayley macmillen, Allure, "All the Bullshit Ways Those "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" Keep Women From Getting Abortions," 21 Mar. 2018
Certainly there are a number of Fox News viewers who would like to see Smith and his unbiased reporting of the news land elsewhere.

— rob tornoe, Philly.com, "Shepard Smith on Fox News opinion hosts: 'We serve different masters'," 16 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of unbiased

1607

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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fair, just, equitable, impartial, unbiased, dispassionate, objective mean free from favor toward either or any side. fair implies a proper balance of conflicting interests.

- a fair decision

just implies an exact following of a standard of what is right and proper.

- a just settlement of territorial claims

equitable implies a less rigorous standard than just and usually suggests equal treatment of all concerned.

- the equitable distribution of the property

impartial stresses an absence of favor or prejudice.

- an impartial third party

unbiased implies even more strongly an absence of all prejudice.

- your unbiased opinion

dispassionate suggests freedom from the influence of strong feeling and often implies cool or even cold judgment.

- a dispassionate summation of the facts

objective stresses a tendency to view events or persons as apart from oneself and one's own interest or feelings.

- I can't be objective about my own child

UNBIASED Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of unbiased for English Language Learners

: not having or showing an unfair tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others : not biased

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adjective un·bi·ased \ ˌən-ˈbī-əst \

Definition of unbiased for Students

: free from bias an unbiased opinion

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