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dis·in·ter·est·ed Listen to audio/dɪsˈɪntrəstəd/ adjective
[more disinterested; most disinterested] 1 : not influenced by personal feelings, opinions, or concerns
A disinterested [=unbiased, impartial] third party mediated the dispute. the disinterested pursuit of truth
2 : having no desire to know about a particular thing : not interested — often + in They are obviously disinterested [=uninterested] in politics. This sense is commonly used but some people consider it to be incorrect and say that uninterested should be used instead.
— dis·in·ter·est·ed·ly adverb
observing disinterestedly
— dis·in·ter·est·ed·ness noun [noncount]
the disinterestedness of judges

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