disinterested

Example Sentences

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For a team with everything to play for, the Kings looked distracted and disinterested.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

It relied on Dreyer’s ostensibly disinterested advice, which was backed by powerful superior officers with whom he had ingratiated himself, even though a majority of expert gunnery officers unequivocally opposed it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Shi also defended owners Fosun which has been accused of being disinterested by Wolves supporters.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Private equity, hedge funds, venture capital: For ambitious and high-functioning individuals, making morally disinterested, data-driven strategic decisions is the most obvious path to wealth and status.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025

This was his plan of amends—of atonement—for inheriting their father’s estate; and he thought it an excellent one, full of eligibility and suitableness, and excessively generous and disinterested on his own part.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen