cold-eyed

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cold-eyed

(kōld′īd′)

adj.

Cold-bloodedly dispassionate: a cold-eyed appraisal of the situation.

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Adj.

cold-eyed - unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice; "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact"

dispassionate

impartial - showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"

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