Meaning

1 senses
  1. Fair and impartial; unbiased; just.

    The questioners are not evenhanded in dealing with the candidates.

    беспристра́стныйbespristrástnyj

More definitions
  • without partiality

Examples

1 sentences
  1. We expect an evenhanded decision from the referee.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
having no partiality:

Origin

From even + handed. First attested in c. 1600.

From even + handed. First attested in c. 1600.

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Forms

more evenhanded, most evenhanded
Comparativemore evenhanded Lesson
Superlativemost evenhanded Lesson

regular

Synonyms

30 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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