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apparent bias

noun

B1CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

The appearance, judged objectively, of a real possibility that a decision-maker was not impartial.

The adjudicator's undisclosed shareholding gave rise to apparent bias, vitiating the award.

Similar: real possibility of bias

Topic: Public law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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