disinterest
disinterest
Definition
dis·in·ter·est (dis in′trəst, -int′ər əst)
noun
- lack of personal or selfish interest
- lack of interest or concern; indifference
disinterest
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- show: What I find even more disconcerting is that South African architects appeared to have shown a disinterest in the Indaba.
- express: Clients who express disinterest in social interaction are often thought to be depressed.
- feign: Young men can be good at feigning disinterest or resistance.
Adjective modifier
- apparent: The World Churches have so much to teach the United Free Church; why therefore such apparent disinterest?
- total: There can be little doubt that Tom's greatest disappointment was his son's total disinterest in the family business.
- complete: The German side declares its complete political disinterest in these areas.
- general: From a general disinterest in cross country racing, the long distance endurance events have evolved.
- initial: Initial German Government disinterest resulted in slow development and production.
- such: Inevitably, without remedial action, such disinterest seems destined to lead to a slow leeching away of members.
Preposition: in
- politics: We deplore the indifference and disinterest in politics of a large number of Northern Ireland people.
- farming: Fifteen case studies of farmers determined to survive in the face of falling incomes and an apparent disinterest in farming in this country.
- matter: The principal one was how to make the institution accountable and transparent, given the average member's total disinterest in such matters.
- event: There is no mechanism to express disinterest in this event.
- thing: This disinterest in things classical did not encourage the flowering of a neoclassical culture.
- school: He added that the " cultural disinheritance " of 21st century Western life has led to the pupils ' disinterest in schools.
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