impartial observer

collocation in English

meaningsofimpartialandobserver

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impartial
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈpɑː.ʃəl/
us
/ɪmˈpɑːr.ʃəl/
not supporting any of the sides involved in ...
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observer
noun[C]
uk
/əbˈzɜː.vər/
us
/əbˈzɝː.vɚ/
a person who watches what happens but has no active part ...
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(Definition ofimpartialandobserverfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimpartial observer

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After all, the emotions of theimpartialobservershould have reasons.
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A definite advantage of the causal account is that it may save theimpartialobservertheory from hazardous discussions of personal identity.
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Sasaki was not animpartialobserverof the political reform process; he was an active participant in the reform process from its inception.
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I think that, to animpartialobserver, my respect for the researchers and the challenging empirical and theoretical work involved in both these books should be obvious.
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Animpartialobserverwill probably accept that there is a good deal to be said for that view.
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I think the fairness of the proviso and its necessity will strike anyimpartialobserver.
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Anyimpartialobservercan see that there has been a substantial improvement.
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No doubt that is why animpartialobservermight expect peace, stability and reconcilation to be its natural outcome.
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I believe that anyimpartialobserverwould agree that that description was well-merited.
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You may not like animpartialobserversaying that you have been caught before, but 1 think you have been.
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To anyimpartialobserver, that conflict of interest is stark and obvious.
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I cannot help feeling that animpartialobserverwould have some slight doubts.
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Everyimpartialobserverwho goes among the people and every doctor who attends them, knows their influence.
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So far as anyimpartialobservercan see, the situation is no better than it was two years ago.
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But the fact is that the cooling-off periods prevented that from happening, as anyimpartialobserverwill agree.
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Theimpartialobserverwould surely have thought the reverse was the case.
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However, anyimpartialobservermust accept that the present legislative arrangements for land drainage are a dog's dinner.
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Everyimpartialobserverknows that the position is grave.
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I should have thought that the second carries more weight with animpartialobserver.
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