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uninterested vs disinterested

uninterested

Definitions

adjective

  1. not having or showing interest
  2. having no care or interest in knowing

Examples

Apathetic patients become unmotivated and uninterested in their surroundings.

At school, Sayle was unacademic, uninterested and usually in trouble.

It shows how uninterested capitalism is in preserving, prolonging, or improving human life.

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disinterested

Definitions

adjective

  1. unaffected by self-interest

Examples

Moreover, Mr Webb's point about what he calls disinterested management -- that is to say, the management of banks by officers whose remuneration bears no relation to the profit made on each piece of business transacted -- is one of the matters in which English banking seems likely at least to be modified.

People were gulping down sundowners, women seemed to be, rather disinterestedly, sipping their drinks and picking up a bite.

Instead, his dull eyes flicked disinterestedly from ice house to ice house, noting the plume of smoke drifting from each.

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