unweighted

[ uhn-wey-tid ]

/ ʌnˈweɪ tɪd /

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adjective

not burdened or encumbered with a heavy load or with mental or emotional matters, problems, etc.

not considered important or significant, as one's opinions or sources: an unweighted point of view.

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Origin of unweighted

First recorded in 1880–85; un-¹ + weighted

The other categories were taken into account, but were unweighted.
Most Dysfunctional Star Couples|The Daily Beast|November 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
By tapping the unweighted end of the ruler smartly the rock could be made to fly over into the midst of the besieged city.
For the Honor of Randall|Lester Chadwick
He sits on the tradesman's counter and bears down the unweighted scale.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866|Various
The only part unweighted with gems is its round, priest-like, wax face.
A Year in Europe|Walter W. Moore

Fanny Burney proved that entertaining tales, unweighted by heavy moralizing, may be written, adapted to young and old.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7|Various
All is excitement when one is seen coming from the heronry, and therefore unweighted.
The Ornithology of Shakespeare|James Edmund Harting