uninterested
Often confused with disinterested
- 1Not interested in or concerned about something; indifferent.
Voters appear largely uninterested in the debate over the new zoning rules.
The cat stared at the new toy, utterly uninterested, and went back to sleep.
Similarindifferent, unconcerned, apathetic, nonchalant
Oppositeinterested, curious, keen, engaged
- 2Free of any personal interest in a matter, and so unbiased.
The judge was uninterested in the case.
Similarunbiased, impartial, neutral, objective, disinterested
Note
Modern usage hands this meaning to disinterested: a judge or witness with nothing to gain from the outcome. Uninterested has lost it and now means only not caring, so writing "an uninterested judge" today suggests a bored judge, not a fair one. For the old sense, choose disinterested, objective or detached, and the reader will hear impartiality rather than boredom.
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Origin
Formed from the prefix un- and interested.