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English
Etymology
From un- + partial.
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Adjective
unpartial (comparative more unpartial, superlative most unpartial)
- Impartial, unbiased.
- Synonyms: disinterested, nonpartial; see also Thesaurus:impartial
1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, IV.1: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.
1621 May 4 (Gregorian calendar), Robert Saunderson [i.e., Robert Sanderson], “ The Second Sermon. At a Visitation at Boston, Linc 24. April. 1621.”, in Twelve Sermons, , edition, London: Aug Math, for Robert Dawlman, and are to be sold by Robert Allet, , published 1632, →OCLC, §. 18, pages 59–60:[S]uch as therefore ſhould not be adventured vpon vvithout mature and vnpartiall diſquiſition of the vprightneſſe of our affections therein, […]
1998 March 4, Baltic News Service:The Liberal Union […] approves the idea of guaranteeing an unpartial and proper trial.
- Not partial (to); antagonistic.
- Synonyms: adverse, opposed; see also Thesaurus:hostile
2014 May 16, Technology Tell, archived from the original on 24 March 2016: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.
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