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UK
/njˈuːtɹəl/
]
[ US /ˈnutɹəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈnutɹəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics
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having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
an indifferent chemical in a reaction
inert matter -
having no personal preference
a neutral observer
impersonal criticism -
having no hue
neutral colors like black or white - not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest
- having no net electric charge
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lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics
a neutral personality that made no impression whatever
NOUN
- one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
How To Use neutral In A Sentence
- Neutral sodium absorbs orange light - at wavelengths of 5890 and 5896 angstroms - from stars that lie behind it.
- It is not just a projection of human motives on to a neutral universe.
- Doing so would nullify one's neutrality so to speak.
- The UN at the moment is still trying to maintain the charade of neutrality.
- Although there were additional conditions in the Heuer and Reisberg study the interesting comparison is between the arousal and neutral conditions.
- South Vietnam, NVA and Viet Cong troops again intruded on neutral Laos for sanctuary, as the Viet Minh had done during the war with the French some years before. Stearns, Roger H.
- Russia may still prefer to stay neutral in the bloody conflict with Iraq.
- Here retired US diplomat Ellsworth Bunker drew up a plan to transfer the administrative authority for West Papua from the Netherlands to a neutral administrator, and thence to Indonesia.
- Using polite forms and neutral pronouns with peers is considered effeminate.
- The babel of languages used in science by the late 19th century was a good argument for a universal, ideally neutral language.