Disinterested

Quick meaning: Disinterested is an adjective meaning Having no interest or stake in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest; free of bias, impartial.

Meaning

Having no interest or stake in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest; free of bias, impartial.

More Meanings

1. (often proscribed) Synonym of uninterested (“not interested; not concerned; indifferent”).
2. simple past and past participle of disinterest

Example Sentences

People are better off abjuring violence, if everyone else agrees to do so, and vesting authority in a disinterested third party.

This was a case for disinterested benevolence; no pay was expected, but considerable risk incurred; yet we could not decline it, […]

Sir, you have a right to that kind of respect, and are arguing for yourself. I am for ſupporting the principle, and am diſintereſted in doing it, as I have no ſuch right.

[E]very one pretended to Right and Liberty, and to publick Good, and made loud Noiſes of their unbiaſs'd Juſtice, diſintereſted Actings, and vaſt Moderation, and yet vvere all fighting and ſnarling for Dominion over one another.

Synonyms for disinterested

Depending on context, synonyms include detached, disinteressed, imprejudicate, uninterested, candid, cold.

Antonyms for disinterested

Common opposites include biased, interested, nondisinterested, partisan, prejudiced, undisinterested.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include impartial, fair, indifferent, uninterested, neutral, even-handed.

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