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- 1. not influenced by considerations of personal advantage: "a banker is under an obligation to give disinterested advice"
- 2. having or feeling no interest in something: "her father was so disinterested in her progress that he only visited the school once"
disinterest noun [U] (NOT INVOLVED) formal. the fact of having no involvement in or receiving no special advantage or good from a situation or event: Their close and financially rewarding relationship was sufficient to call into question the independence and disinterest of the directors.
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Definition of disinterested adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Disinterested means that you can be fair in judging a situation because you do not feel personally involved in it: A lawyer can give you disinterested advice. However, in speech it is sometimes used instead of uninterested , although this is thought to be incorrect.
The meaning of DISINTEREST is to cause to regard something with no interest or concern. How to use disinterest in a sentence.
not involved in a situation and so able to judge it without supporting a particular side: a disinterested observer.
noun. 1. freedom from bias or involvement. 2. lack of interest; indifference. verb. 3. (transitive) to free from concern for personal interests. Collins English Dictionary.
the fact of not being involved in something and therefore able to be fair. She makes all her judgements with scientific disinterest. Definition of disinterest noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.