disinterest
An absence of interestAn absence of interest (attention or curiosity).
» "It's not out of laziness or disinterest that we do not work faster." "But?"
„Es ist nicht so, dass wir aus Faulheit oder Desinteresse nicht schneller arbeiten.“ – „Sondern?“ — brauchinet
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3 senses(uncountable)An absence of interest (attention or curiosity).
She eyed him over her martini with cool disinterest.
Desinteresse
lack of interest
(uncountable)The absence of interest (bias or stake).
(obsolete, uncountable)What is contrary to interest or advantage.
Examples
2 sentences"It's not out of laziness or disinterest that we do not work faster." "But?"
de„Es ist nicht so, dass wir aus Faulheit oder Desinteresse nicht schneller arbeiten.“ – „Sondern?“ — brauchinet
He chided Maria for her disinterest in anything that is not her own idea.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Synonyms
6 synonyms- tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement:neutrality
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.