disinterest

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In the light of his limited game time and Emery's often brutal honesty about his disinterest in signing him, Liverpool and Villa discussed altering the agreement in recent days.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

The image of Ginsberg that vividly emerges is that of an angry, bushily bearded man, polemicizing about corporations and the Times’s malign influence, and often breaking out in spiritualist chanting, all to Hujar’s profound disinterest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

So when those days roll around, it goes without saying: you don’t want a “mid” ham, the kind your guests push around on their plates with polite disinterest.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

Yet the general disinterest in these goings-on is evident; only 24% of registered Angelenos bothered to vote when the mayor won his fifth term last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 1990

Mom: “One of the symptoms of depression is disinterest in activities.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green