uninterested
Use Uninterested in a sentence
tər adjective
1.
having or showing no feeling of interest; indifferent.
2.
not personally concerned in something.
Related forms
un·in·ter·est·ed·ly, adverb
un·in·ter·est·ed·ness, noun
Synonyms
2. unconcerned.
2. unconcerned.
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| —adj | |
| indifferent; unconcerned | |
| un'interestedly | |
| —adv | |
| un'interestedness | |
| —n | |
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Uninterested
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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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.
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Example sentences
The folkies were hardly uninterested in the jazz they heard all around them, on records as well as in the clubs.
During the next two years, he earned a living in miscellaneous ways while sending poems to uninterested editors.
They're not basing their positions on the facts-they're completely uninterested in the facts.
Uninterested students and a wide range of academic abilities challenge teachers in all three countries.
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