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unbelieving, unbelt, unbend, unbending, unbent, unbiased, unbiblical, unbidden, unbind, unbirthday, unbitted
Also especially British, un·bi·assed.
SYNONYMS FOR unbiased
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un·bi·ased·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for unbiased
unbiased
unbiassed
/ (ʌnˈbaɪəst) /
adjective
having no bias or prejudice; fair or impartial
statistics
- (of a sample) not affected by any extraneous factors, conflated variables, or selectivity which influence its distribution; random
- (of an estimator) having an expected value equal to the parameter being estimated; having zero bias
- Also called: discriminatory (of a significance test). Having a power greater than the predetermined significance level
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unbiasedly or unbiassedly, adverbunbiasedness or unbiassedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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