dispassionate observer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdispassionateandobserver
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dispassionate
adjective
uk/dɪˈspæʃ.ən.ət/us/dɪˈspæʃ.ən.ət/
able to think clearly or make good decisions because of not being influenced ...
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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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Their solution: instead of trying to play thedispassionateobserver, they consciously assumed the role of the pitchman.
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Next, the composer assumes the perspective of adispassionateobserverexternal to the composer's own culture and again considers what conclusions might be drawn about the nature of the work.
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To adispassionateobservera company's accounts, unless given specific exemption, will have attached to them somewhere the name of the ultimate company owning it.
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It is an obvious point that will strike every fairlydispassionateobserver.
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That is the way it strikes me as a perfectlydispassionateobserver.
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The answer, to anydispassionateobserver, is clear.
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Anydispassionateobservermust accept that neither of the two major political parties is blameless.
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Which is thedispassionateobserverand which has a vested interest?
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What, thedispassionateobservermay wonder, are the voteless 275,000 levy payers getting for their money?
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But anydispassionateobserverfrom outside would certainly say that something ought to be done about the voting system.
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I think anydispassionateobserverwould agree that unless abnormal conditions were to continue, that tremendously increased number of people could not possibly anticipate full and continuous employment.
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I suggest that among dispassionate observers the verdict on that would be "too early to tell".
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We have tabled none of the amendments in this group, and therefore take the privilege of commenting as dispassionate observers.
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Most dispassionate observers who have attempted to cost the exercise have arrived at a figure of about £2,000 million a year.
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And they are, after all, supposed to be dispassionate observers.
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Productivity is in a number of cases low, working practices are often archaic, and all dispassionate observers agree that there are many more pilots than are needed.
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At first dispassionate observers, they find themselves caught up in the increasingly chaotic and nihilistic violence.
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