unprejudiced

American  

[uhn-prej-uh-dist] / ʌnˈprɛdʒ ə dɪst /

adjective

1. not prejudiced; without preconception; unbiased; impartial.

   the unprejudiced view of the judge.

2. Obsolete. not damaged; unimpaired.

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unprejudiced British  

/ ʌnˈprɛdʒʊdɪst /

adjective

1. not prejudiced or biased; impartial

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Related Words

See fair ¹.

Other Word Forms

• unprejudicedly adverb
• unprejudicedness noun

Etymology

Origin of unprejudiced

First recorded in 1640–50; un- ¹ + prejudiced ( def. )

Example Sentences

“These facts reinforce the serious concerns that Mr. Smith is not running an impartial and unprejudiced investigation and prosecution,” he wrote.

From Washington Times • Aug. 29, 2023

“I don’t believe,” she wrote, “that any Elizabethans, even Shakespeare, were what might now be called ‘nice’ — liberal, unprejudiced, unselfish.”

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022

I hear and read a lot about trying to become unprejudiced and non-racist.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2016

In a newspaper interview, Mudd said, “... not a man of them sat on my trial with an unbiased and unprejudiced mind. Before a word of evidence was heard … I was already condemned. ... ”

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2015

And I can understand a tender, unprejudiced Jesus.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver