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| 1. | [ adjective ] neither moral nor immoral; neither good nor evil, right nor wrong | |
| Related terms: | amoral | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] having no personal preference | |
| Synonyms: | impersonal | |
| Examples: | "impersonal criticism" "a neutral observer" |
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| Related terms: | objective | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (chemistry) having only a limited ability to react chemically; not active | |
| Synonyms: | inert indifferent | |
| Examples: | "inert matter" "an indifferent chemical in a reaction" |
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| Related terms: | chemistry unreactive | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest | |
| Related terms: | nonaligned | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] (physics) having no net electric charge; not electrified | |
| Synonyms: | electroneutral | |
| Related terms: | positive negative physics polarity | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (color) lacking hue | |
| Examples: | "neutral colors like back or white" |
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| Related terms: | achromatic | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] of no distinctive quality or characteristics or type | |
| Related terms: | positive negative neutralized neutralised viewless | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics | |
| Examples: | "a neutral personality that made no impression whatever" |
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| Related terms: | colorless | |
| 9. | [ noun ] one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute | |
| Related terms: | person fence-sitter stakeholder | |
| Similar spelling: |
neutralize neutrality neutralist neutralism neutralise |
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