disinterested
adjEtymology
From disinterest (“to cause to be impartial”, verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tense or past participle forms of verbs), or from dis- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + interested (“having a stake in; showing interest”, adjective).
Definitions
Having no interest or stake in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest
Having no interest or stake in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest; free of bias, impartial.
- [E]very one pretended to Right and Liberty, and to publick Good, and made loud Noiſes of their unbiaſs'd Juſtice, diſintereſted Actings, and vaſt Moderation, and yet vvere all fighting and ſnarling for Dominion over one another.
- Sir, you have a right to that kind of respect, and are arguing for yourself. I am for ſupporting the principle, and am diſintereſted in doing it, as I have no ſuch right.
Synonym of uninterested (“not interested
Synonym of uninterested (“not interested; not concerned; indifferent”).
- [I]f there be caſes, vvherein the party is diſ-intereſted, and only or primarily the glory of God is reſpected and advanced, it [suicide] may be lavvfull.
- Robin took to wandering again, to intermittent travel from which she came back hours, days later, disinterested.
simple past and past participle of disinterest
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at disinterested. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at disinterested. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at disinterested
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA