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Synonyms for uninterested

Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-in-ter-uh-stid, -truh-stid, -tuh-res-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈɪn tər ə stɪd, -trə stɪd, -təˌrɛs tɪd

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Définition of uninterested

Origin :
  • 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.
  • adj oblivious to
Example sentences :
  • Vivian became also one of the audience, and not an uninterested one.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • Life spoke most earnestly and well to an uninterested group of women.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • So long as Calhoun did not touch the control-board, though, he was uninterested.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • Have you ever observed an enthusiastic teacher with an uninterested class?
  • Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
  • "No doubt you're right," murmured old Neeld, both uneasy and uninterested.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • They were not uninterested in those cities that interest all.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • Jonas had met the type before, and was uninterested in going further.
  • Extract from : « Wizard » by Laurence Mark Janifer (AKA Larry M. Harris)
  • She delivered this for what it was worth, in an uninterested, emotionless voice.
  • Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris
  • Or are you, like so many of your fellow Franciscans, uninterested in philosophy?
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
  • Surely you are not uninterested in what is now called psychical research?
  • Extract from : « Their Pilgrimage » by Charles Dudley Warner

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