without prejudice
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see without, prejudice.
prep_phrase
Without affecting a legal interest.
Example Sentences
- "without bias or prejudice"
- "In the present writer's opinion there was no greater and more successful locomotive engineer in the country, during the first quarter-century, than George Jackson Churchward of the Great Western Railway. This statement is made without prejudice, for I was brought up on the other line extending from Waterloo to Padstow, and between Swindon and Eastleigh there was a great gulf fixed."
- "It is to be hoped that the final scheme will satisfy all interests—preserving some of old Euston's magnificence but without prejudice to the progress of modernisation."
- "The court granted temporary custody to the mother, without prejudice as to the father's right to seek permanent custody at a later hearing."
- "When attempting to settle a lawsuit, the parties generally communicate on a "without prejudice" basis."