disinterest

Example Sentences

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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 problem is disinterest from all governments since 2011," Zabtia said.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

The casual word “untitled” was pretty common in art, but it possesses an air of disinterest that seems anathema in the vicinity of a Therrien.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

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

I was trying to think of some response when he looked away in disinterest.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt