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Definition of uninterested - 3 dictionary results

un⋅in⋅ter⋅est⋅ed

  [uhn-in-ter-uh-stid, -truh-stid, -tuh-res-tid]
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–adjective
1. having or showing no feeling of interest; indifferent.
2. not personally concerned in something.
Origin:
1640–50; un- 1 + interested

Related forms:
un⋅in⋅ter⋅est⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
un⋅in⋅ter⋅est⋅ed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. unconcerned.

Usage note:
See disinterested.
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un·in·ter·est·ed   (ŭn-ĭn'trĭ-stĭd, -tər-ĭ-stĭd, -tə-rěs'tĭd)   
adj.  

    1. Without an interest: uninterested parties.

    2. Not having a financial interest.

  2. Marked by or exhibiting a lack of interest. See Usage Note at disinterested.

un·in'ter·est·ed·ly adv., un·in'ter·est·ed·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

uninterested 
c.1646, "unbiased," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of interest. It later meant "disinterested" (1661); sense of "unconcerned, indifferent" is recorded from 1771. This is the correct word for what often is miscalled disinterested.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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