Disinterested Definition

dĭs-ĭntrĭ-stĭd, -ĭntə-rĕstĭd
adjective
Not influenced by personal interest or selfish motives; impartial; unbiased.
Webster's New World
Uninterested; indifferent.
Webster's New World
Having lost interest.
American Heritage
Neutral, impartial; lacking a financial interest in, or other predisposition toward, a particular resolution of a controversy or issue.
Webster's New World Law

Uninterested, lacking interest. [from 17th c.]

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Disinterested Sentence Examples

  • The social feeling that inspired this disinterested act showed itself in other ways.

  • His tone was disinterested.

  • The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it.

  • But he had not his fathers great soul nor disinterested spirit.

  • His heart was kind and his affections were strong; he was magnanimous and disinterested, simple and honest.

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