disinterested
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disinterested¹
- /(ˌ)dɪsˈɪntɹɪstɪd/ UK
- /(ˌ)dɪsˈɪnt(ə)ɹɛstɪd/ UK
- /dɪsˈɪnt(ə)ɹəstəd/ US
- /-ɾ(ə)ɹ-/ US
Where it comes from
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).
adjective more disinterested · most disinterested
- Having no interest or stake in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest; free of bias, impartial. [W]e ought to try our compoſures this vvay; by vvhich the ſoul, receiving them more remotely, conveyed to the ear by the voice, and from this returned to her, as it vvere, from abroad, and that onely in a tranſient ſound, ſits novv as the moſt diſintereſted Arbiter, and impartial judge of her ovvn v
- 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.
disinterested²
- /(ˌ)dɪsˈɪntɹɪstɪd/ UK
- /(ˌ)dɪsˈɪnt(ə)ɹɛstɪd/ UK
- /dɪsˈɪnt(ə)ɹəstəd/ US
- /-ɾ(ə)ɹ-/ US
Where it comes from
From disinterest + -ed.
verb
- simple past and past participle of disinterest
