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disinterested
[ dis-in-tuh-res-tid, -tri-stid ]
adjective
- unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives:
a disinterested decision by the referee.
Synonyms: dispassionate, unprejudiced, neutral, impartial
- not interested; indifferent.
disinterested
/ -tərɪs-; dɪsˈɪntrɪstɪd /
adjective
- free from bias or partiality; objective
- not interested
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Confusables Note
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Derived Forms
- disˈinterestedly, adverb
- disˈinterestedness, noun
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Other Words From
- dis·inter·ested·ly adverb
- dis·inter·ested·ness noun
- nondis·inter·est·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of disinterested1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
If our school system fails to teach how our country works, should we be surprised so many are disinterested?
Edge, one of the most inventive guitarists in rock history, comes off as disinterested.
Add to that a disinterested public that fails to turn out on Election Day, and citizens are getting the government they deserve.
Neither he nor the Sanford Police Department were disinterested observers.
But if one person's channel surfing and the other's disinterested, go right ahead and browse.
Never believe, however disinterested the love of a kept woman may be, that it will cost one nothing.
The disinterested historians state ingenuously that Joanna was not guilty of this crime, although the others accuse her of it.
"Then, for once, I've found a disinterested female in a coaxing mood," replied this modern Diogenes.
Here they drew off, and their apparently disinterested hearer turned the page of his paper.
The Government cannot fail to reward with a bit of red ribbon so disinterested, so philanthropic a devotion.
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