disinterested
pronunciation
How to pronounce disinterested in British English:
UK [dɪsˈɪntrəstɪd]
How to pronounce disinterested in American English:
US [dɪsˈɪntrəstɪd]
-
- Adjective:
- unaffected by self-interest
Word Origin
- disinterested (adj.)
- 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 from personal bias," while uninterested means "caring nothing for the matter in question." Related: Disinterestedly; disinterestedness.
Example
- 1. They 're more inclined to get involved with other women due to a disinterested partner .
- 2. The press 's reflexive self-justifications tend to present all reporters and all anonymous sources as disinterested public servants .
- 3. His ideas and theorems require the relentless and disinterested critical evaluation that can only be provided by other minds .
- 4. A mentor from outside can set problems in a wider context and talk about them in a disinterested , non-confrontational way .
- 5. It has endured through many transformations of ideology and purpose , but at its best remained faithful to a vision of disinterested pursuit and transmission of knowledge .