uninterested

un·in·ter·est·ed

not interested; indifferent

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uninterested

adjective

Not interested in something; having no interest.

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un·in′ter·est·ed·ly
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Usage Note: The word uninterested, which properly means “taking no interest, not interested,” is sometimes used to mean “not favoring either side, unprejudiced,” where one would expect to see disinterested instead. The Usage Panel roundly disapproved of this usage in our 2001 survey, with 96 percent rejecting the sentence Every historian ought to be extremely uninterested; he ought neither to praise nor to blame those he speaks of. See Usage Note at disinterested.

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Adjective

(comparative more uninterested, superlative most uninterested)

Not interested; indifferent, not concerned.
I was uninterested in the TV program, so I read a book instead.

Origin

From un- + interested.

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If donors are unimpressed by or uninterested in the recipient they are unlikely to give, and if fundraisers do not adequately perform their jobs no money will be raised.
The fact that she was uninterested only enticed him further.
Uninterested in watching people talk, she glanced again at the boys and nudged Evelyn.
She did attempt to engage an uninterested climber in a conversation about her Great-aunt Annie being one of the founders of the Ouray Woman's Club, back in 1897 and how she helped form the Ouray Library, with her friend, the famous millionaire, of Hope Diamond fame, Tom Walsh.
She rolled her eyes, uninterested in having such a blatant reminder of Toni's perfect body.

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