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disinterested — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not influenced by considerations of personal advantage; impartial. 2) having or feeling no interest. DERIVATIVES disinterestedly adverb disinterestedness noun. USAGE There is a difference between disinterested and uninterested … English terms dictionary
disinterested — adjective Date: circa 1612 1. a. not having the mind or feelings engaged ; not interested < telling them in a disinterested voice Tom Wicker > < disinterested in women J. A. Brussel > b. no longer interested < husband and wife become… … New Collegiate Dictionary
disinterested — adjective 1 able to judge a situation fairly because you are not concerned with gaining any personal advantage from it; objective 2 (1): disinterested advice 2 sometimes used to mean uninterested , although many people think this is wrong… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
disinterested — adjective 1) disinterested advice Syn: unbiased, unprejudiced, impartial, neutral, nonpartisan, detached, uninvolved, objective, dispassionate, impersonal, clinical; open minded, fair, just, equitable, balanced, evenhanded … Thesaurus of popular words
disinterested — disinterestedly, adv. disinterestedness, n. /dis in teuh res tid, tri stid/, adj. 1. unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives: a disinterested decision by the referee. 2. not interested; indifferent. [1605 15; … Universalium
disinterested — 1. The use of disinterested to mean ‘uninterested’, although not a problem to Fowler (1926), is a keyword in current debates about correct usage. Those who rage most furiously are not always aware, however, that the word has changed its principal … Modern English usage
disinterested — 1610s, unconcerned, the sense we now would ascribe to UNINTERESTED (Cf. uninterested), with the sense of impartial going to disinteressed (c.1600). See DIS (Cf. dis ) + INTEREST (Cf. interest). Modern sense of disinterested is first attested… … Etymology dictionary
disinterested, uninterested — Disinterested means impartial, unbiased, not influenced by selfish motives. Uninterested suggests aloofness, indifference, or lack of interest. Say The judge rendered a disinterested verdict and The judge was uninterested in the courtroom… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
disinterested / uninterested — Disinterested is an adjective that means unbiased or impartial : Since she had nothing at stake, she was a disinterested party in the matter. Uninterested means not interested : Anita Job was just uninterested in the offer … Confused words
disinterested / uninterested — Disinterested is an adjective that means unbiased or impartial : Since she had nothing at stake, she was a disinterested party in the matter. Uninterested means not interested : Anita Job was just uninterested in the offer … Confused words
uninterested — 1640s, unbiased, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of INTEREST (Cf. interest). It later meant disinterested (1660s); sense of unconcerned, indifferent is recorded from 1771. This is the correct word for what often is miscalled DISINTERESTED (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
