disinterested

Example Sentences

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Bickering or disinterested siblings and cousins often contribute to the demise of family associations with other famous companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 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

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

James Franck had been correct when he wrote after Hiroshima and Nagasaki that scientists could no longer “disclaim direct responsibility for the use to which mankind had put their disinterested discoveries.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik