disinterested
USdi-SIN-tres-tid/dɪˈsɪnt(ə)ɹɛstɪd/
Often confused with uninterested
- 1Fair to all sides because you have nothing to gain or lose from the result.
We asked a disinterested judge who did not know either team.
He had no money in the deal, so his opinion was disinterested.
Similarimpartial, unbiased, neutral, objective, detached
Oppositebiased, partisan, prejudiced, interested
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- 2Not interested in something and not caring about it. Many careful writers say uninterested instead.
"Honestly, the kids got disinterested after ten minutes," Dad said.
"I'm just kind of disinterested in sports," she said with a shrug.
Similarindifferent, unconcerned, apathetic, incurious
Oppositeinterested, curious
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Origin
It is a changed form of an older adjective, disinterest. The meaning "not interested" probably comes from dis- + interested.