DISINTERESTED


Meaning of DISINTERESTED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪsɪntrəstɪd ]

1.

Someone who is disinterested is not involved in a particular situation or not likely to benefit from it and is therefore able to act in a fair and unselfish way.

Scientists, of course, can be expected to be impartial and disinterested...

= impartial

ADJ

2.

If you are disinterested in something, you are not interested in it. Some users of English believe that it is not correct to use disinterested with this meaning.

= uninterested

ADJ : oft ADJ in n

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