disinterest
Example Sentences
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From the comedians’ own unravelings, failure to evolve to the audiences’ bad-faith misreadings, or sheer disinterest, to say there’s a disconnect between the two groups is to put it lightly.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Gloria Steinem once quipped: "I can't mate in captivity" - a reference to her disinterest in marriage.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Senate Majority Leader John Thune isn’t concealing his disinterest in what the House is offering, saying that he wants to focus on government funding instead.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
Duchamp’s seeming disinterest often revealed itself to be something far more venomous, as when he fantasized about a nihilistic readymade: “Use a Rembrandt as an ironing board.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
I was trying to think of some response when he looked away in disinterest.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
