# disinterested

Pronunciation: US say "di-SIN-tres-tid" /dɪˈsɪnt(ə)ɹɛstɪd/; UK

## Adjective

1. Having nothing to gain or lose from the outcome and no conflict of interest; impartial and free from bias.
   - Simple: Fair to all sides because you have nothing to gain or lose from the result.
   - _The two companies agreed to let a disinterested arbitrator settle the dispute._
   - _Her advice was disinterested: she earned nothing whichever house they bought._
2. Lacking interest in something; not curious about it or concerned with it.
   - Simple: Not interested in something and not caring about it. Many careful writers say uninterested instead.
   - _By the third hour of the meeting, most of the staff looked bored and disinterested._
   - _He seemed completely disinterested in what anyone else had to say._

## Origin

A corruption of the adjective disinterest (or disinteressed). The sense "lacking interest" is likely from dis- + interested.

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