unpartial
/ʌnpɑːʃl̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not partial (to); antagonistic.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[S]uch as therefore ſhould not be adventured vpon vvithout mature and vnpartiall diſquiſition of the vprightneſſe of our affections therein, […]"
- "The Liberal Union […] approves the idea of guaranteeing an unpartial and proper trial."
- "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."
Etymology
From un- + partial.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ʌnpɑːʃl̩/
Inflected Forms
more unpartial (comparative)
most unpartial (superlative)