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unbias(s)ed, a.|ʌnˈbaɪəst|
Forms: 7–8 unbyassed, 7– unbiassed, 8– unbiased; 7– 8 unbyass'd (7 -byas'd), unbiass'd (7, 9 -bias'd), 8 unbyast.
[un-1 8.]
1. Of bowls, etc.: Having no bias.
1607G. Wilkins Miseries Enforced Marr. iv, These men..headlong run, like an unbias'd bowl. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 173 The piston, therefore, being in an unbiassed state, as regards the pressure, will again be raised to its original situation by the counterpoise weights.
2. fig. Not unduly or improperly influenced or inclined; unprejudiced, impartial:
a. Of persons.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. ii. §77 They were as sure, that so many so unbiass'd men, would never be elected again. 1686W. Hopkins tr. Ratramnus Dissert. v. (1688) 100 Which are the Sentiments of Ratramnus, as will evidently appear to any unbyass'd Reader. 1710Tatler No. 235 ⁋2 My Lady..is wholly unbiassed in dispensing her Favours among them. 1775Wesley Calm Address 12, I am unbiassed: I have nothing to hope or fear from either side. 1823Keble Serm. iii. (1848) 72 A considerate unbiassed man, acting steadily by this rule. 1861Brougham Brit. Const. xvii. 265 Its [the House of Lords'] veto upon all the measures that pass the Commons,..its more calm deliberation on all questions, unbiassed by mob clamour.
absol.c1721Mrq. Tullibardine in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. I. 126 The unbiass'd are strangely disjoynted through the busie artifice of those who find their account in unexpressable confusion.
b. Of the judgement, mind, feeling, standards of action, etc.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 209 In humane Learning I appeale to every Mans own impartiall Breast, whether he can boast an unbiassed Judgement? 1673Dryden Amboyna Ded. A iij, You have serv'd him with unbyass'd Honor, and with unshaken resolution. 1724Swift Drapier's Lett. Wks. 1755 V. ii. 104 The minds of a jury, which ought to be wholly free and unbyassed. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. x. I. 252 He submitted the choice of the censor to the unbiassed voice of the senate. 1808Helen St. Victor Ruins of Rigonda II. 6 A heart, unbiassed to any particular individual. 1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. I. 117 The Linkman sees with unbiassed eyes, and declaims with unblushing enunciation. 1873C. M. Davies Unorthod. Lond. (1876) 104 And probably in no section of religious development is this unbiassed judgement more essentially necessary.
c. Of particular actions, opinions, etc.
1668Temple Let. to Bridgman Wks. 1720 II. 63 The general Opinion conceived here, of your Lordship's..unbiass'd Pursuit of the true Interest of the Kingdom. 1690Locke Hum. Und. i. iv. §25 Without any other design, than an unbiass'd enquiry after Truth. 1742Richardson Pamela III. 248 He will judge us according to the unforced and unbyassed Use we make of that Light. 1791Burke Corr. (1844) III. 193 All..which a man without authority can give,—his unbiassed opinion, his honest advice, and his best reasons. 1812Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 25 Every field of enquiry was open for the free and unbiassed exercise of the powers of genius. 1843A. Bethune Sc. Fireside Stor. 72 Upon these concurring circumstances—supported as they were by the unbiassed testimony of Dr. G―, he was set at liberty. 1862H. Spencer First Princ. i. i. §6 (1875) 20 An unbiassed consideration of its general aspects.
3. As adv. = next. rare—1.
1796F. Burney Camilla vii. iv, If impartially and unbiassed, the Major is refused.
Hence unˈbiassedly adv., unˈbiassedness.
1676Doctrine of Devils 159 As is plain, if any man do but *unbyassedly consider the several places, where the word is used, as I have intimated afore. 1699Locke in Fox Bourne Life (1876) II. xv. 472 With a free mind that unbiassedly pursues truth it cannot be other wise. 1718Hickes & Nelson J. Kettlewell iii. ciii. 443 Who..shall Faithfully and Unbyasedly Persue the Blessed Work of Christian Union. 1886Cyclist 25 Aug. 1165/1 The same printer very unbiassedly turned out both bills.
1660Bp. Hall's Remains Pref. b ij b, He claims the liberty of reserving his own Judgement, and more especially to pag. 387, where in the close of the Tract his *unbyassedness is clearly professed. 1692Locke Toleration Wks. 1714 III. 462 'Tis Want of Attention and Unbyassedness in you, that puts your Religion past doubt with you. |