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disinterested

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "unconcerned," the sense we now would ascribe to uninterested , with the sense of "impartial" going to disinteressed (c.1600). See dis- + interest . Modern sense of disinterested is first attested 1650s. As things now stand, disinterested means "free ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Having no stake or interest in the outcome; free of bias, impartial. (from 17th c.) 2 uninterested, lacking interest. (from 17th c.)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disinterested \Dis*in"ter*est*ed\, a. [Cf. Disinteressed .] Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. unaffected by self-interest

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Find a financial consultant who can offer completely independent and disinterested advice. ▪ The transaction is subject to approval by a panel of disinterested directors. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As an outside observer ...

Usage examples of disinterested.

But it becomes exclusive for the individual who adopts it, because of the single-minded and disinterested manner in which it is pursued.

The lady patronesses were just as logy and disinterested in platter-faced chits as Aunt Harriet.

Vance, on the other hand, was volatile, debonair, and possessed of a perpetual Juvenalian cynicism, smiling ironically at the bitterest realities, and consistently fulfilling the role of a whimsically disinterested spectator of life.

I know precisely what he meant, even if the merchant adventurers I met were anything but disinterested.

Barent seemed almost disinterested, staring towards the cluster of four forgotten pawns at the far left of the board.

It can also boost the hormone levelsor reduce themto make you sexier or disinterested, heighten your aggression or turn you passive, control your effective I.

I should feel more were I surer your aid was disinterested, intended to further our ends rather than your own.

The earls of Oxford, Northumberland, and Cumberland, Sir Thomas Cecil, Sir Robert Cecil, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Thomas Vavasor, Sir Thomas Gerrard, Sir Charles Blount, with many others, distinguished themselves by this generous and disinterested service of their country.

The engaging frankness with which he made this declaration really had a disinterested appearance and captivated my guardian, if not, for the moment, Ada too.

He came back presently and said his principal was charmed with the idea of brickbats at three-quarters of a mile, but must decline on account of the danger to disinterested parties passing between them.

After seeing a handful of children with runny noses, middle ear infections, and sore throats, Marissa found herself in an examination cubicle with an eight-month-old infant and a disinterested teenage mother.

I own that I have always felt a keener pleasure in doing good than in anything else, though, perhaps, I may not always have done good from strictly disinterested motives.

Gods were remote, disinterested, living in their mountains or in their temples, served by man, but never serving, as likely to harm as to help if it pleased them.

SLN are disinterested and apolitical military figures whose personal and political loyalties are identical.

For him the world was a great conundrum or a series of puzzle boxes and he a disinterested yet childishly sensitive and enthusiastic observer trying to unriddle them.