uninterested
uninterested
Definition
un·in·ter·ested (un in′trəst id, -tər ist id)
adjective
not interested; indifferent
un·in′·ter·est·edly adverb
uninterested
Synonyms
uninterested
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- pupil: Michael O'Neill, the council's director of education said force-feeding uninterested pupils was no longer tenable.
- attitude: That's if job lasts that long due to my uninterested attitude.
Modifying Another Word
- totally: SPS heavy mob totally uninterested - what do they pay these people for?
- completely: He seemed completely uninterested in the presence of the audience.
- largely: The US was then isolationist, largely uninterested in Europe.
- entirely: No, it's no good fighting this, ' she informed her entirely uninterested cat.
- previously: These new disputes mobilize a wide range of people previously uninterested in trade.
- quite: The locals seemed quite uninterested in eccentric Brits walking around lagoons with binoculars.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: Marie is vastly wealthy, a fact which she takes pains to seem uninterested in.
- appear: Cave's appears profoundly uninterested in watching his South Bank moment; " I don't put myself through that sort of thing.
- remain: In general, councils who have spent little on cycling/SRS in the past remain uninterested.
- look: He not only now looks completely unfit, he actually looks uninterested.
- become: Taking the game too seriously, or making practice too much like school, will result in your players becoming uninterested in the game.
Preposition: in
- politics: Most worrying is the fact that younger people - under the age of 30 - are particularly uninterested in politics.
- issue: Only a few organizations seem to be uninterested in this issue.
- sport: Only 12 % of the group were uninterested in sport.
- activity: And young adult Chinese are often viewed as uninterested in political activity.
- process: People are contemptuous of politicians and are totally uninterested in the political process itself.
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