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impartial

adjectiveattested in dialogue

  • //ɪmˈpɑɹ.ʃəl//

Treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased.

adjective

  1. 1

    Treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased.

    [W]e are to take a ſecond ſurvievv of our Abilities, to ſee if they be confidently fit for that vvhereto our inclination ſvvayeth us: and if upon due impartial examination vve find they are, vve may then follovv the ſvvay of our inclinations.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French impartial. See im- + partial.

Forms

comparative
more impartial
superlative
most impartial
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