Disinterest

Quick meaning: Disinterest is a noun meaning An absence of interest (attention or curiosity).

Meaning

An absence of interest (attention or curiosity).

More Meanings

1. The absence of interest (bias or stake).
2. (transitive) To render disinterested.
3. (obsolete) What is contrary to interest or advantage.
4. (obsolete) Free of personal bias.

Example Sentences

She eyed him over her martini with cool disinterest.

He maintained a posture of scrupulous disinterest in Balkan affairs […]

Salem politely admired the rifles, but his disinterest was hard to mask.

The root of the matter, as a letter and an editorial in our November issue pointed out, is disinterest in the railway, whatever it does.

Word Forms

• disinterests
• disinteresting
• disinterested

Synonyms for disinterest

Depending on context, synonyms include apathy, indifference, uninterest, impartiality, disadvantage, disinterested.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include neutrality, indifference, unwillingness, lack, neglect, disregard.

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