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neutral

/ˈnuː.tɹəl/ adjective B1
  1. Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
  2. Favoring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased. · I am neutral regarding the issue of gay marriage.
  3. Neither positive nor negative.
  4. Not biased; viewing situations objectively in a way that is neither positive nor negative. · a neutral person
  5. Neither beneficial nor harmful.
  6. Having no sex; neuter.
  7. Having no obvious colour; gray.
  8. Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.
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It was necessary to find some neutral ground on which an exchange could be made, and then to try and land these goods on the coast of France.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 242 · C1
Nothing then was altered in the plan, and orders were given to get under weigh next night, and, wind and weather permitting, to make the neutral island by the following day.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 243 · C1
There could not have been a greater contrast between brother and sister, for Stapleton was neutral tinted, with light hair and grey eyes, while she was darker than any brunette whom I have seen in England—slim, elegant, and tall.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 85 · C1
It encourages the comfortable belief that our character will be revealed, and perhaps redeemed, in some future moment of crisis, and that the rest of life is a kind of morally neutral waiting room.
The Ethics of the Ordinary, p. 1 · C2

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