Disinterested
adjective
Not influenced by consideration of personal advantage.
A banker is under an obligation to give disinterested advice
Often appears as...
- disinterested observer
- disinterested party
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Having or feeling no interest in something.
Her father was so disinterested in her progress that he didn't even appear for her graduation ceremony
Often appears as...
- disinterested in politics
- disinterested in learning
adjective
Not influenced by consideration of personal advantage.
A banker is under an obligation to give disinterested advice
Often appears as...
- disinterested observer
- disinterested party
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Having or feeling no interest in something.
Her father was so disinterested in her progress that he didn't even appear for her graduation ceremony
Often appears as...
- disinterested in politics
- disinterested in learning
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Objectivity Important
Use 'disinterested' to describe fairness and lack of bias, especially in formal or professional contexts.
A judge should remain disinterested when presiding over a case.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Emotional Disinterest
'Disinterested' is not about a lack of emotion; it's about impartiality.
As a disinterested mediator, she helped resolve the conflict.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Apathetic
Avoid confusing 'disinterested' with 'uninterested'; the former is neutral, not apathetic.
Despite his personal connections, he gave a disinterested opinion on the matter.
Pro Tip 1/3Objectivity Important
Use 'disinterested' to describe fairness and lack of bias, especially in formal or professional contexts.
A judge should remain disinterested when presiding over a case.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Emotional Disinterest
'Disinterested' is not about a lack of emotion; it's about impartiality.
As a disinterested mediator, she helped resolve the conflict.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Apathetic
Avoid confusing 'disinterested' with 'uninterested'; the former is neutral, not apathetic.
Despite his personal connections, he gave a disinterested opinion on the matter.
Pro Tip 1/3Objectivity Important
Use 'disinterested' to describe fairness and lack of bias, especially in formal or professional contexts.
A judge should remain disinterested when presiding over a case.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Emotional Disinterest
'Disinterested' is not about a lack of emotion; it's about impartiality.
As a disinterested mediator, she helped resolve the conflict.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Apathetic
Avoid confusing 'disinterested' with 'uninterested'; the former is neutral, not apathetic.
Despite his personal connections, he gave a disinterested opinion on the matter.
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Video examples
John Maeda: My journey...
what is this thing in front of me, this computer thing? It didn't make any sense. So, I began to make things again. This is another series of objects made of old computers from my basement. I made -- I took my old Macintoshes and made different objects out of them from Tokyo. I began to be very disinterested in computers themselves,
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Finding the transformativ...
because I spy on you all the time when you're in a museum you you know try to walk casually and to pretend you are disinterested and all of a sudden try to find something that catches your eye and when you do you move towards that's that image and say it's a painting you know
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The 5 Musketeers Have an...
didn't look right I have never been so confused in my entire life and what's even more confusing is this - hyena that are hanging out in here somewhere and they look completely disinterested so wherever drowned - if it ran it
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Raghava KK: Coloring...
one truth emerges from a crowd that survives all these edit was and it's ridiculous it becomes disinterested I want to see the emergence of a third form of knowledge one in which multiple truths coexist to tell a richer
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WorldSpace: The world’s...
optimism and that has that has been an engine in the passion and in the mission that has been my life's work which is really to empower people with information I have really been very disinterested in technology per se
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Stunning Photos of the...
I don't know where they came up with that idea. But it's actually led to a very real disconnect, a very real negative mentality that has kept the public disinterested, silent, and ultimately, our environment at risk.
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Christopher Emdin: Teach...
They may not even have the degrees to be able to have anything to call an education. And that to me is sad. It's sad because the people who I described, they were very disinterested in the learning process,
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Introducing a New Baby...
he certainly is he's making friends and he's making friends with that dog that's fast asleep there look how close he's got the dogs are completely disinterested in his presence and I
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The Raven: Stealing,...
potential pilferer knows he's been spotted he can also swap tactics he pretends to look busy with his own cash to try and appear disinterested in ilias they try to
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Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
ibaka seemed disinterested and fell out on you to slink away into the thick bush one male however keeps an eye out and
Video examples
John Maeda: My journey...
what is this thing in front of me, this computer thing? It didn't make any sense. So, I began to make things again. This is another series of objects made of old computers from my basement. I made -- I took my old Macintoshes and made different objects out of them from Tokyo. I began to be very disinterested in computers themselves,
Video examples
Finding the transformativ...
because I spy on you all the time when you're in a museum you you know try to walk casually and to pretend you are disinterested and all of a sudden try to find something that catches your eye and when you do you move towards that's that image and say it's a painting you know
Video examples
The 5 Musketeers Have an...
didn't look right I have never been so confused in my entire life and what's even more confusing is this - hyena that are hanging out in here somewhere and they look completely disinterested so wherever drowned - if it ran it
Video examples
Raghava KK: Coloring...
one truth emerges from a crowd that survives all these edit was and it's ridiculous it becomes disinterested I want to see the emergence of a third form of knowledge one in which multiple truths coexist to tell a richer
Video examples
WorldSpace: The world’s...
optimism and that has that has been an engine in the passion and in the mission that has been my life's work which is really to empower people with information I have really been very disinterested in technology per se
Video examples
Stunning Photos of the...
I don't know where they came up with that idea. But it's actually led to a very real disconnect, a very real negative mentality that has kept the public disinterested, silent, and ultimately, our environment at risk.
Video examples
Christopher Emdin: Teach...
They may not even have the degrees to be able to have anything to call an education. And that to me is sad. It's sad because the people who I described, they were very disinterested in the learning process,
Video examples
Introducing a New Baby...
he certainly is he's making friends and he's making friends with that dog that's fast asleep there look how close he's got the dogs are completely disinterested in his presence and I
Video examples
The Raven: Stealing,...
potential pilferer knows he's been spotted he can also swap tactics he pretends to look busy with his own cash to try and appear disinterested in ilias they try to
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
ibaka seemed disinterested and fell out on you to slink away into the thick bush one male however keeps an eye out and
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Quote examples
Joseph Butler
English Clergyman
The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense, and every particular affection of the heart, are equally interested or disinterested, because the objects of them all are equally self or somewhat else.
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Joseph Pulitzer
American Publisher
An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery.
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Rob Lowe
American Actor
The highest levels of fame in the entertainment business are geared toward keeping the artist disconnected, disinterested and continuing to make product and not developing any sort of 'normal life.
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Alain de Botton
English Writer
The number one person who needs my books is me. I'm not some sort of disinterested guru who has worked life out and is handing things out to the poor people who might not have life worked out.
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Walter Pater
English Critic
Great passions may give us a quickened sense of life, ecstasy and sorrow of love, the various forms of enthusiastic activity, disinterested or otherwise, which comes naturally to many of us.
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Evelyne Brochu
Canadian Actress
Human beings are created with empathy. Art serves that purpose. So why should I be disinterested in a character who's a man, and why should a man shy away from a show that's female-driven?
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Sam Houston
American Politician
Nothing can be better calculated to advance our interests and character than the establishment of a liberal and disinterested policy, enlightened by patriotism and guided by wisdom.
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Mike Rowe
American Celebrity
I'm not disinterested in the rest of the world, but studies show the rest of the world is really freaking far away.
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Oliver Goldsmith
Irish Poet
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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G. M. Trevelyan
English Historian
Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.
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Joseph Butler
English Clergyman
The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense, and every particular affection of the heart, are equally interested or disinterested, because the objects of them all are equally self or somewhat else.
Quote examples
Joseph Pulitzer
American Publisher
An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery.
Quote examples
Rob Lowe
American Actor
The highest levels of fame in the entertainment business are geared toward keeping the artist disconnected, disinterested and continuing to make product and not developing any sort of 'normal life.
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Alain de Botton
English Writer
The number one person who needs my books is me. I'm not some sort of disinterested guru who has worked life out and is handing things out to the poor people who might not have life worked out.
Quote examples
Walter Pater
English Critic
Great passions may give us a quickened sense of life, ecstasy and sorrow of love, the various forms of enthusiastic activity, disinterested or otherwise, which comes naturally to many of us.
Quote examples
Evelyne Brochu
Canadian Actress
Human beings are created with empathy. Art serves that purpose. So why should I be disinterested in a character who's a man, and why should a man shy away from a show that's female-driven?
Quote examples
Sam Houston
American Politician
Nothing can be better calculated to advance our interests and character than the establishment of a liberal and disinterested policy, enlightened by patriotism and guided by wisdom.
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Mike Rowe
American Celebrity
I'm not disinterested in the rest of the world, but studies show the rest of the world is really freaking far away.
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Oliver Goldsmith
Irish Poet
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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G. M. Trevelyan
English Historian
Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.
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