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Definition of disinterested in English: disinterestedadjectivedɪsˈɪnt(ə)rɪstɪd 1Not influenced by considerations of personal advantage. 无私心的 a banker is under an obligation to give disinterested advice 银行家有义务给出公正的建议。 Example sentencesExamples - He argued that Carson, while claiming to be a disinterested patriot, was defending the private interests of profiteering firms.
- I'd say that's about as far from a disinterested, objective party as you could possibly find to provide analysis.
- Nor is the ‘freedom to search’ as disinterested and neutral an injunction as it appears.
- This is not to say that there are not some disinterested and honourable people.
- The Fourth Amendment does not contemplate the executive officers of Government as neutral and disinterested magistrates.
- As a family friend with no further ambitions, he was able to offer disinterested advice to the inexperienced future president.
- Hutton is represented as dignified and fair - a disinterested figure, who stands above the grubby world of politics.
- Who better to instigate this investigation than a disinterested neutral party like the Sierra Club?
- No matter how learned and disinterested those special interest groups may be, I know which society I would prefer to live in.
- Now suppose that voters behave as unselfish, disinterested judges of what is best.
- In all fairness, it would also seem that an objective, disinterested party should review the current planning and its impact on such history.
- They can also offer a disinterested discussion of the public interest, of why it matters that television is honest and truthful.
- There is no reason why the relevant disinterested person should not be found elsewhere within the company or, indeed, outside it.
- That part is selfless, both in the sense of being disinterested and in the sense of being detached from personal feeling.
- The fact is she is not a dispassionate or disinterested witness in this case.
- An adjudicator must be, and must be seen to be, disinterested, unbiased and impartial.
- Rather, it argues that progress is an effect of disinterested activity for social justice.
- This view must surely add to growing pressure for a rethink of this process of giving disinterested information to people.
- Then you outsiders - you impartial, disinterested observers - you come in and split the difference.
- Now, this notion of disinterested advice may also repay a claimant's examination.
Synonyms unbiased, unprejudiced, impartial, neutral, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, detached, uninvolved, objective, dispassionate, impersonal, clinical open-minded, fair, just, equitable, balanced, even-handed, unselfish, selfless free from discrimination, with no axe to grind, without fear or favour 2Having or feeling no interest in something; uninterested. 没兴趣的 her father was so disinterested in her progress that he only visited the school once 她父亲对她的进步毫不关心，只到学校去过一次。 Example sentencesExamples - There were three disinterested people at the other end of the platform, waiting for a train.
- A group of men and women in red uniforms walked around the side of the ship, looking bored and disinterested in what they were about to do.
- At the signing, Williams stood alone, the people were absent, distant and disinterested.
- With this new and bold initiative, we have shown to the world that Indian women are not politically passive or disinterested in public life.
- He was disinterested, couldn't engage with people from all walks of life in Tasmania.
- For people absolutely disinterested in managing their own finances, annuities offered a simple menu.
- Ray McKinnon, who had looked disinterested for much of the first half, began to boss the midfield and a winner for the home side didn't look impossible.
- Counsel asked to adjourn to the next day as the witness seemed like she was disinterested and unresponsive to questions.
- I think that, you know, going back to that other point, people may be disinterested.
- I phone roughly 150 people and get one ‘maybe’ from a rather disinterested member.
- The range of emotions stretched from bored to pensive to disinterested as he took the blows.
- Yet many people are entirely disinterested in ‘Westminster Village’ chatter.
- So, there's been no break, no lull for people to get disinterested in it.
- I wanted to ask him how he keeps doing what he does every day, even when his students seemed completely disinterested in the things that light him up.
- If you are utterly disinterested in your neighbor's sexuality, your indifference is not oppression.
- Small wonder younger people are so disinterested in serving the community.
- A few women, however, began disinterested and grew more interested in the program over time.
- At one in the morning, the Canadian border patrol guards were bored and disinterested.
- Governments in Australia need to be interested in productivity but they appear fundamentally disinterested.
- I fear the final result will be a disinterested citizenry who are non-participants in their own affairs.
Synonyms uninterested, indifferent, incurious, unconcerned, unmoved, unresponsive, impassive, passive, detached, unfeeling, uncaring, unenthusiastic, lukewarm, bored, apathetic, blasé, nonchalant informal couldn't-care-less
UsageNowhere are the battle lines more deeply drawn in usage questions than over the difference between disinterested and uninterested. According to traditional guidelines, disinterested should never be used to mean ‘not interested’ (i.e. it is not a synonym for uninterested) but only to mean ‘impartial’, as in the judgements of disinterested outsiders are likely to be more useful. Ironically, the earliest recorded sense of disinterested is for the disputed sense. Today, the ‘incorrect’ use of disinterested is widespread: around a quarter of citations in the Oxford English Corpus for disinterested are for this sense Derivativesadverbdɪsˈɪnt(ə)rəstɪdli I sighed and studied my pencil disinterestedly. Example sentencesExamples - I saw a number of people crying at the veterans’ rally, and a number of people drifting around disinterestedly.
- With no selfish motive, or desire to be awarded here or hereafter, quite disinterestedly have I devoted my life to the cause of independence, because I could not do otherwise.
- American foreign policy has rarely been disinterestedly philanthropic.
- Even as Manuel reprimanded them during his speech, many sat there disinterestedly, napped or kept busy with other things.
noundɪsˈɪnt(ə)rɪstɪdnəs One has to establish the credibility of the evidence; and the credibility of witnesses always depends on their disinterestedness. Example sentencesExamples - The classical approach emphasizes scholarly disinterestedness and detachment.
- Both critiques centre on unmasking the supposed disinterestedness of the academic establishment by contending that.
- The problem is that the particularism of friendship is at odds with modern conceptions of virtue as disinterestedness and detachment.
- Critical disinterestedness was more the exception than the rule.
OriginEarly 17th century: past participle of the rare verb disinterest 'rid of interest or concern', from dis- (expressing removal) + interest. Definition of disinterested in US English: disinterestedadjective 1Not influenced by considerations of personal advantage. 无私心的 a banker is under an obligation to give disinterested advice 银行家有义务给出公正的建议。 Example sentencesExamples - Now suppose that voters behave as unselfish, disinterested judges of what is best.
- There is no reason why the relevant disinterested person should not be found elsewhere within the company or, indeed, outside it.
- They can also offer a disinterested discussion of the public interest, of why it matters that television is honest and truthful.
- This view must surely add to growing pressure for a rethink of this process of giving disinterested information to people.
- In all fairness, it would also seem that an objective, disinterested party should review the current planning and its impact on such history.
- He argued that Carson, while claiming to be a disinterested patriot, was defending the private interests of profiteering firms.
- An adjudicator must be, and must be seen to be, disinterested, unbiased and impartial.
- Then you outsiders - you impartial, disinterested observers - you come in and split the difference.
- Rather, it argues that progress is an effect of disinterested activity for social justice.
- The fact is she is not a dispassionate or disinterested witness in this case.
- No matter how learned and disinterested those special interest groups may be, I know which society I would prefer to live in.
- The Fourth Amendment does not contemplate the executive officers of Government as neutral and disinterested magistrates.
- As a family friend with no further ambitions, he was able to offer disinterested advice to the inexperienced future president.
- I'd say that's about as far from a disinterested, objective party as you could possibly find to provide analysis.
- Hutton is represented as dignified and fair - a disinterested figure, who stands above the grubby world of politics.
- Who better to instigate this investigation than a disinterested neutral party like the Sierra Club?
- That part is selfless, both in the sense of being disinterested and in the sense of being detached from personal feeling.
- This is not to say that there are not some disinterested and honourable people.
- Nor is the ‘freedom to search’ as disinterested and neutral an injunction as it appears.
- Now, this notion of disinterested advice may also repay a claimant's examination.
Synonyms unbiased, unprejudiced, impartial, neutral, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, detached, uninvolved, objective, dispassionate, impersonal, clinical 2Having or feeling no interest in something. 没兴趣的 her father was so disinterested in her progress that he only visited the school once 她父亲对她的进步毫不关心，只到学校去过一次。 Example sentencesExamples - Ray McKinnon, who had looked disinterested for much of the first half, began to boss the midfield and a winner for the home side didn't look impossible.
- At the signing, Williams stood alone, the people were absent, distant and disinterested.
- A few women, however, began disinterested and grew more interested in the program over time.
- The range of emotions stretched from bored to pensive to disinterested as he took the blows.
- He was disinterested, couldn't engage with people from all walks of life in Tasmania.
- For people absolutely disinterested in managing their own finances, annuities offered a simple menu.
- I fear the final result will be a disinterested citizenry who are non-participants in their own affairs.
- So, there's been no break, no lull for people to get disinterested in it.
- A group of men and women in red uniforms walked around the side of the ship, looking bored and disinterested in what they were about to do.
- I wanted to ask him how he keeps doing what he does every day, even when his students seemed completely disinterested in the things that light him up.
- There were three disinterested people at the other end of the platform, waiting for a train.
- Counsel asked to adjourn to the next day as the witness seemed like she was disinterested and unresponsive to questions.
- Governments in Australia need to be interested in productivity but they appear fundamentally disinterested.
- If you are utterly disinterested in your neighbor's sexuality, your indifference is not oppression.
- At one in the morning, the Canadian border patrol guards were bored and disinterested.
- With this new and bold initiative, we have shown to the world that Indian women are not politically passive or disinterested in public life.
- I phone roughly 150 people and get one ‘maybe’ from a rather disinterested member.
- Yet many people are entirely disinterested in ‘Westminster Village’ chatter.
- Small wonder younger people are so disinterested in serving the community.
- I think that, you know, going back to that other point, people may be disinterested.
Synonyms uninterested, indifferent, incurious, unconcerned, unmoved, unresponsive, impassive, passive, detached, unfeeling, uncaring, unenthusiastic, lukewarm, bored, apathetic, blasé, nonchalant
UsageOne of the most contended questions of usage is the difference between disinterested and uninterested. According to traditional guidelines, disinterested should never be used to mean ‘not interested’ (i.e., it is not a synonym for uninterested) but only to mean ‘impartial,’ as in the judgments of disinterested outsiders are likely to be more useful. Ironically, the earliest recorded sense of disinterested is for the disputed sense. Today, the ‘incorrect’ use of disinterested is widespread: around a quarter of citations in the Oxford English Corpus for disinterested are for this sense OriginEarly 17th century: past participle of the rare verb disinterest ‘rid of interest or concern’, from dis- (expressing removal) + interest. |