uninterested
[uhn-in-ter-uh-stid, -truh-stid, -tuh-res-tid]
- having or showing no feeling of interest; indifferent.
- not personally concerned in something.
Origin of uninterested
Synonyms
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com2. unconcerned.
Usage note
See disinterested.
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Examples from the Web for uninterested
Contemporary Examples
Yet one topic Waters is uninterested in exploring is politics.
Never has someone so uninterested in pussy thought so long and hard about it.
And it was further indication that Republicans were uninterested in making deals with the other side.
The GOP is uninterested in major new spending programs, and moreover, they have public opinion on their side.
It's a book about the experience of war that is uninterested in the issues of war.
Historical Examples
Vivian became also one of the audience, and not an uninterested one.
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
Life spoke most earnestly and well to an uninterested group of women.
Things as They AreAmy Wilson-Carmichael
So long as Calhoun did not touch the control-board, though, he was uninterested.
Pariah PlanetMurray Leinster
Have you ever observed an enthusiastic teacher with an uninterested class?
The Mind and Its EducationGeorge Herbert Betts
"No doubt you're right," murmured old Neeld, both uneasy and uninterested.
Tristram of BlentAnthony Hope
uninterested
- indifferent; unconcerned
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See disinterested
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Word Origin and History for uninterested
adj.
1640s, "unbiased," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of interest. It later meant "disinterested" (1660s); sense of "unconcerned, indifferent" is recorded from 1771. This is the correct word for what often is miscalled disinterested.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper