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disinterested

[dis-in-tuh-res-tid, -tri-stid] / dɪsˈɪn təˌrɛs tɪd, -trɪ stɪd /


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While his interviewees are hardly disinterested observers, several persistent themes emerge from their comments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Headstrong, queer and disinterested in Victorian pieties, she escaped her smothering Indianapolis family and headed to Chicago, where she hustled work as a bookseller and book reviewer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Albert recalled how there were training sessions when Asprilla was disinterested and "with us without being with us".

From BBC • Sep. 18, 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

One or two of the boys watch in a disinterested manner.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen