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disinterest

[dis-in-ter-ist, -trist] / dɪsˈɪn tər ɪst, -trɪst /




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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

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

Hanks said the cast related to the storyline because they had all "met that disinterest" of young people who "look down at their phone, look up, look down, look up".

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Ser Waymar Royce glanced at the sky with disinterest.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin


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