निष्पक्ष (nishpaksh)
adjective
A single-sense adjective meaning impartial or unbiased, used mainly of people, judgments, and processes.
Sense
1
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impartial, unbiased, neutral
adjective
Synonyms: तटस्थ (tatasth), निरपेक्ष (nirpeksh, formal), न्यायपूर्ण (nyaaypoorn, focuses on fairness of judgment rather than neutrality)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear this word constantly around Indian elections and court cases -- निष्पक्ष चुनाव (nishpaksh chunaav, 'fair/impartial elections') and निष्पक्ष जाँच (nishpaksh jaanch, 'impartial investigation') are practically fixed collocations in news Hindi. It pairs naturally with पक्ष (paksh, 'side, party, faction'), the same root you'll meet in words like पक्षपात (pakshpaat, 'bias, favoritism') -- so once you know पक्ष, निष्पक्ष clicks as its logical opposite.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use निष्पक्ष (nishpaksh) where they mean simply 'honest' or 'good' -- it specifically means not favoring any side, and is most natural with nouns like जज (jaj, 'judge'), मीडिया (miidiyaa, 'media'), चुनाव (chunaav, 'election'), or जाँच (jaanch, 'investigation'). 2) The negative prefix निष्- (nish-) plus पक्ष (paksh, 'side, party') is easy to miss -- learners occasionally write सक्ष (saksh) or drop the nasalization, so it helps to remember it literally as 'without-a-side.'
Sample Sentences:
चुनाव आयोग को निष्पक्ष चुनाव करवाने चाहिए।
The election commission should conduct impartial elections.
(chunaav aayog ko nishpaksh chunaav karvaane chaahie।)
जज ने इस मामले में बिल्कुल निष्पक्ष फैसला सुनाया।
The judge delivered a completely impartial verdict in this case.
(jaj ne is maamle men bilkul nishpaksh phaislaa sunaayaa।)
लोग इस घटना की निष्पक्ष जाँच की माँग कर रहे हैं।
People are demanding an impartial investigation into this incident.
(log is ghatnaa kii nishpaksh jaanch kii maang kar rahe hain।)
काश हमारी न्याय व्यवस्था हमेशा इतनी निष्पक्ष होती।
If only our justice system were always this impartial.
(kaash hamaarii nyaay vyavasthaa hameshaa itnii nishpaksh hotii।)
एक अच्छे पत्रकार को निष्पक्ष रहना चाहिए, किसी पार्टी का पक्ष नहीं लेना चाहिए।
A good journalist should remain impartial and not take any party's side.
(ek achchhe patrkaar ko nishpaksh rahnaa chaahie, kisii paartii kaa paksh nahiin lenaa chaahie।)
तुम निष्पक्ष बनो, दोनों तरफ की बात सुनो।
Be impartial, listen to both sides.
(tum nishpaksh bano, donon taraph kii baat suno।)
क्या भारत में हर बार निष्पक्ष चुनाव होते हैं?
Are fair elections held every time in India?
(kyaa bhaarat men har baar nishpaksh chunaav hote hain?)
आयोग की निष्पक्षता पर सवाल उठे, इसलिए एक निष्पक्ष समिति बनाई जाएगी।
Questions were raised about the commission's impartiality, so an impartial committee will be formed.
(aayog kii nishpakshtaa par savaal uthe, islie ek nishpaksh samiti banaaii jaaegii।)
मीडिया से निष्पक्ष रहने की उम्मीद की जाती है, पक्षपात की नहीं।
The media is expected to remain impartial, not to show bias.
(miidiyaa se nishpaksh rahne kii ummiid kii jaatii hai, pakshpaat kii nahiin।)
विपक्ष का कहना है कि जाँच निष्पक्ष नहीं थी।
The opposition says that the investigation was not impartial.
(vipaksh kaa kahnaa hai ki jaanch nishpaksh nahiin thii।)
समाज के हर वर्ग को निष्पक्ष नज़र से देखने की ज़रूरत है।
There is a need to view every section of society with an impartial eye.
(samaaj ke har varg ko nishpaksh nazar se dekhne kii zaroorat hai।)
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
निष्पक्ष
(nishpaksh)